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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR

1215 AM CDT THU JUN 12 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CLARK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS



* UNTIL 415 AM CDT



* AT 1215 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT TWO TO FOUR INCHES 

OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE LAST HOUR OVER SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY...

AROUND WHELAN SPRINGS AND THE VADEN COMMUNITY. ADDTIONAL SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE OVER CLARK COUNTY 

FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. THIS WILL SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE THE 

FLASH FLOODING THREAT.



&&



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF YOU ENCOUNTER WATER ACROSS THE ROAD...TURN

AROUND AND GO THE OTHER WAY.



DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. THE WATER DEPTH

MAY BE TO GREAT FOR SAFE PASSAGE. IT ONLY TAKES ABOUT TWO FEET OF

MOVING WATER TO CARRY A VEHICLE DOWNSTREAM.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS

IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. DO NOT ATTEMPT

TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON

FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.



REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY

WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST

OFFICE IN LITTLE ROCK.



LAT...LON 3381 9302 3380 9311 3385 9324 3395 9331

          3423 9335 3413 9297 3383 9292



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