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WGUS54 KLZK 302029

FFWLIT

ARC135-302325-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR

328 PM CDT SAT AUG 30 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SHARP COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS



* UNTIL 625 PM CDT



* AT 325 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  CLUSTERS OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WESTERN AND SOUTHWESTERN PARTS 

  OF SHARP COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE DRIFTING SLOWLY TO THE NORTH AND 

  PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATED THAT 

  BETWEEN TWO AND THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE PAST HOUR 

  ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL 

  ONLY INCREASE THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING.



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EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS

AND STREAMS...ROADS AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS. THE HEAVY RAINS COULD ALSO

TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN.



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

STREAMS OR OTHER LOW AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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 3623 9166 3595 9171 3595 9151 3619 9149



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