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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR

123 PM CDT SAT AUG 30 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  STONE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS



* UNTIL 425 PM CDT



* AT 122 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

HEAVY RAIN OVER MUCH OF STONE COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS 

INDICATED FROM MOUNTAIN VIEW TO FOX. RADAR IS ESTIMATING THAT TWO TO 

FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE LAST HOUR OVER PORTIONS OF 

STONE COUNTY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND 

SPREAD NORTHEAST OVER STONE COUNTY DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE 

AFTERNOON. THIS WILL ONLY INCREASE THE THREAT FOR 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 3609 9222 3576 9189 3575 9240 3602 9233



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