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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR

345 AM CST THU MAR 18 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HOT SPRING COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS

  MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN WESTERN ARKANSAS



* UNTIL 550 AM CST



* AT 340 AM CST...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THAT SCATTERED     

  SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE CONTINUING IN MONTGOMERY           

  COUNTY...AND WERE PUSHING INTO HOT SPRING COUNTY. THE RADAR 

  ESTIMATED FOUR TO AS MUCH AS SIX INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN THE  

  SOUTHERN HALF OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY...GENERALLY FROM HIGHWAY        

  270 SOUTHWARD. IN HOT SPRING COUNTY...2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN WAS

  COMMON ACROSS SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF THE COUNTY FROM POINT CEDAR TO  

  FRIENDSHIP AND LONO. WHILE PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY END           

  DURING THE WARNING PERIOD...IT WILL TAKE AWHILE FOR WATER TO

  RUNOFF IN AREAS WHERE FLASH FLOODING HAS OCCURRED.      



&&



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.



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 3431 9268 3416 9266 3418 9301 3426 9301

          3426 9317 3430 9317 3430 9333 3435 9332

          3434 9348 3438 9390 3464 9390 3449 9341

          3440 9341



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