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WGUS54 KLZK 112345

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ARC103-120230-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR

642 PM CDT THU SEP 11 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  OUACHITA COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS



* UNTIL 930 PM CDT



* AT 640 PM CDT...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR SHOWED THAT A LINE OF        

  SHOWERS AND THUDNERSTORMS HAD BECOME NEARLY STATIONARY ACROSS      

  EASTERN OUACHITA COUNTY FROM NEAR AMY TO CAMDEN AND ELLIOTT. THE   

  RADAR WAS ESTIMATING THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAD ALREADY FALLEN 

  IN SOME AREAS. WITH ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL...FLASH FLOODING     

  IS LIKELY TO OCCUR. 



&&



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF YOU ENCOUNTER WATER ACROSS THE ROAD...TURN

AROUND AND GO THE OTHER WAY.



DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. THE WATER DEPTH

MAY BE TOO GREAT FOR SAFE PASSAGE. IT ONLY TAKES ABOUT TWO FEET OF

MOVING WATER TO CARRY A VEHICLE DOWNSTREAM.



LAT...LON 3378 9269 3369 9269 3364 9275 3357 9272

          3357 9278 3354 9279 3345 9271 3340 9272

          3339 9284 3339 9298 3381 9294



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