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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR

726 AM CDT TUE JUN 22 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  POLK COUNTY IN WESTERN ARKANSAS



* UNTIL 1025 AM CDT



* AT 725 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS IN LITTLE ROCK 

AND FORT SMITH CONTINUE TO INDICATE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER 

ALL OF POLK COUNTY. RADAR IS ESTIMATING THAT AS MUCH AS TWO TO FOUR 

INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN POLK COUNTY IN THE LAST FEW HOURS. 

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE CONTINUING TO DEVELOP OVER SOUTHWEST 

ARKANSAS AND SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS 

WILL MOVE OVER POLK COUNTY OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS...AND COULD 

BRING AN ADDITONAL ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAINFALL...WITH LOCALLY 

HEAVIER AMOUNTS. THIS WILL ONLY INCREASE THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT. 



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.



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.



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LAT...LON 3472 9445 3468 9393 3437 9394 3435 9419

          3422 9426 3421 9444



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