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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR

110 PM CDT SAT AUG 30 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BOONE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS



* UNTIL 410 PM CDT



* AT 110 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN LITTLE ROCK 

CONTINUES TO INDICATE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER MUCH OF BOONE COUNTY. 

THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS INDICATED OVER HARRISON. RADAR IS ESTIMATING 

THAT TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE LAST HOUR OVER 

PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY. THE HARRISON AIRPORT HAS REPORTED OVER 1.5 

INCHES OF RAIN IN THE LAST 30 MINUTES. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS 

WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER NORTHERN ARKANSAS THIS AFTERNOON. THIS 

WILL ONLY INCREASE THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING. 



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EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER

LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



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 3643 9290 3613 9290 3612 9330 3650 9330

          3649 9293



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