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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR

405 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 700 AM CDT



* AT 405 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN LITTLE 

ROCK CONTINUES TO INDICATE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER CLARK 

COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS IN A 15 TO 20 MILE WIDE AREA FROM 

LAKE DEGRAY...TO GUM SPRINGS...TO GURDON. FLOODING PROBLEMS HAVE 

BEEN REPORTED THIS MORNING IN GURDON AND IN ARKADELPHIA. SOME 

BUSINESSES AND HOMES HAVE WATER IN THEM...AND MANY ROADS ARE 

IMPASSABLE. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL THIS MORNING WILL ONLY AGGRAVATE AN 

ALREADY SERIOUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. 



&&



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.



MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOOD WATERS THREATEN. DO NOT CAMP NEAR

STREAMS OR OTHER LOW AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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 3385 9289 3398 9297 3416 9289 3413 9304

          3428 9319 3428 9333 3434 9337 3433 9347

          3422 9348 3397 9337 3386 9328 3379 9312

          3379 9298



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