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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR

205 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JACKSON COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS

  INDEPENDENCE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS



* UNTIL 500 PM CDT



* AT 205 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN 

LITTLE ROCK CONTINUES TO INDICATE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER 

MUCH OF JACKSON COUNTY...EXTENDING WESTWARD INTO EASTERN 

INDEPENDENCE COUNTY. RADAR WAS ESTIMATING THAT TWO TO THREE INCHES 

OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER NORTHWESTERN JACKSON COUNTY AND EASTERN 

INDEPENDENCE COUNTY IN THE LAST HOUR. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS 

WILL MOVE LITTLE AND MAY CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND DRIFT OVER THE SAME 

AREAS. 



&&



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.



LAT...LON 3594 9148 3588 9147 3589 9104 3536 9104

          3537 9124 3545 9125 3544 9156 3555 9158

          3555 9178 3571 9178 3577 9185 3588 9184

          3594 9176



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