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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

908 PM CDT SUN MAY 30 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT THROUGH 1115 PM CDT FOR

NEVADA AND HEMPSTEAD COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...



AT 9 AM...THE SHREVEPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR

CONTINUED TO SHOW NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS

SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS THAT EXTENDED FROM MAGNOLIA AND LEWISVILLE

THROUGH CAMDEN AND PRESCOTT ARKANSAS.  THESE STORMS CONTINUED TO

REDEVELOP ACROSS THE SAME AREA OF NEVADA COUNTY AND MOVE NORTHEAST

NEAR 35 MILES PER HOUR.



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT A BAND OF HEAVY RAINFALL OF FOUR TO SIX

INCHES SINCE EARLY THIS SUNDAY EVENING HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE

CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF BOTH HEMPSTEAD AND NEVADA

COUNTIES.  LAW ENFORCEMENT IN NEVADA COUNTY CONTINUES TO REPORT

SEVERAL ROAD CLOSURES IN THE SOUTHERN HALF OF NEVADA COUNTY.  ALSO

SOME FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN SOUTHERN HEMPSTEAD COUNTY SOUTH

OF HOPE ARKANSAS.



THE WEATHER OBSERVER IN PRESCOTT ARKANSAS REPORTED 2.02 INCHES OF

RAINFALL IN ABOUT A 90 MINUTE TIME PERIOD.



MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.  DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE

INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY...OR PAST POLICE

BARRICADES.  RAPIDLY RISING WATER CAN ENGULF A VEHICLE AND ITS

OCCUPANTS AND SWEEP THEM AWAY.  REMEMBER...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



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