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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR

225 AM CST TUE NOV 18 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  IZARD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS



* UNTIL 525 AM CST



* AT 225 AM...DOPPLER RADAR IN LITTLE ROCK CONTINUED TO SHOW SHOWERS 

AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER MUCH OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ARKANSAS. RADAR 

ESTIMATES THAT ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE 

WARNED AREA IN THE LAST COUPLE OF HOURS. WITH RAIN EXPECTED TO 

CONTINUE...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 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 3614 9167 3598 9173 3590 9182 3595 9206

          3606 9206 3617 9217 3626 9214 3625 9170



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