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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR

423 AM CDT THU JUN 12 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  OUACHITA COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS



* UNTIL 700 AM CDT



* AT 423 AM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN LITTLE ROCK CONTINUES 

TO INDICATE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER MUCH OF OUACHITA COUNTY. 

THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS IN A 15 TO 20 MILE WIDE BAND...THE LEADING 

EDGE OF WHICH EXTENDED FROM READER TO STEPHENS. TWO TO FOUR INCHES 

OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN IN PORTIONS OF OUACHITA COUNTY THIS 

MORNING. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF ONE TO TWO INCHES IS POSSIBLE AS 

MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVE ACROSS OUACHITA COUNTY FROM THE 

WEST. 



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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 3377 9303 3378 9310 3339 9310 3336 9268

          3338 9258 3353 9282 3379 9265



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