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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR

328 AM CDT THU JUN 12 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR CLARK COUNTY UNTIL 

415 AM CDT...



AT 328 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUES TO INDICATE A LARGE AREA OF 

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER MUCH OF CLARK COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE 

MOVING VERY SLOWLY NORTHEAST. VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO OCCUR 

OVER MUCH OF CLARK COUNTY...WITH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL NEAR 

OKOLONA...ARKADELPHIA...AND GURDON. 



THE RADAR WAS ESTIMATING THAT AT LEAST FOUR TO SIX INCHES OF RAIN 

HAS FALLEN MAINLY EAST OF A LINE FROM GURDON TO ARKADELPHIA. THIS IS 

A VERY SERIOUS SITUATION. SOME HOMES AND BUSINESSES IN GURDON 

ARE UNDER WATER. SEVERAL ROADS AROUND GURDON ARE FLOODED AND 

IMPASSABLE. SECTIONS OF HIGHWAY 53 BETWEEN GURDON AND OAK GROVE ARE 

CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER. PROBLEMS HAVE ALSO BEEN REPORTED IN THE 

SOUTH PORTION OF ARKADELPHIA...WITH SOME HOMES AND BUSINESSES WITH 

WATER IN THEM. AREAS MAINLY EAST OF A LINE FROM GURDON TO 

ARKADELPHIA WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE FLOODING PROBLEMS THIS MORNING. 

THIS INCLUDES THE WHELAN SPRINGS AREA. 



SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER MUCH OF SOUTHERN 

ARKANSAS OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS...AND THIS WILL ONLY AGGRAVATE 

THE SITUATION. PEOPLE IN CLARK COUNTY...ESPECIALLY THOSE IN FLOOD 

PRONE AREAS...NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS THIS MORNING...AND BE 

PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED. 



IF YOU ARE TRAVELLING THIS MORNING...BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AS IT IS 

HARD TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGER OF FLASH FLOODING. REMEMBER...DO NOT 

DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH WATER THAT COVERS THE ROADWAY. IT ONLY 

TAKES EIGHTEEN INCHES OF WATER TO DISPLACE A VEHICLE. 



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