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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR

216 PM CDT WED AUG 24 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  POLK COUNTY IN WESTERN ARKANSAS

  SCOTT COUNTY IN WESTERN ARKANSAS



* UNTIL 515 PM CDT



* AT 215 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN LITTLE ROCK 

CONTINUES TO INDICATE VERY HEAVY RAIN DEVELOPING OVER NORTHERN POLK 

AND SOUTHERN SCOTT COUNTY IN WESTERN ARKANSAS. RADAR IS ESTIMATING 

THAT AS MUCH AS TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE LAST 

HALF HOUR. WITH ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OUT 

IN OKLAHOMA AND MOVING TOWARD WESTERN ARKANSAS...THIS WILL ONLY 

INCREASE THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING. 



&&



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.



THERE ARE MANY LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN

FLOODING RAINS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND

ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER

TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



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 3492 9444 3496 9424 3492 9406 3491 9398

      3489 9389 3473 9384 3467 9393 3451 9393

      3453 9415 3452 9427 3451 9445



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