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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR

1050 PM CDT SAT SEP 24 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ARKANSAS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS



* UNTIL 145 AM CDT



* AT 1050 PM...DOPPLER RADAR IN LITTLE ROCK CONTINUES TO INDICATE 

BANDS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN OVER ALL OF ARKANSAS COUNTY. THESE 

WERE ASSOCIATED WITH WHAT IS NOW TROPICAL DEPRESSION RITA. RADAR 

ESTIMATES THAT AS MUCH AS TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER 

THE COUNTY DURING THE LAST SEVERAL HOURS. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 

REPORTED FLOODING PROBLEMS IN THE DEWITT AREA. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL 

WILL OCCUR AS RITA MOVES NORTHEASTWARD OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. 

AS MUCH AS TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL COULD 

OCCUR...AND THIS WILL ONLY AGGRAVATE THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT. 



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 TOO GREAT FOR SAFE PASSAGE. IT ONLY TAKES ABOUT TWO FEET OF

MOVING WATER TO CARRY A VEHICLE DOWNSTREAM.



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 3397 9132 3399 9129 3404 9141 3413 9141

      3425 9153 3425 9168 3447 9168 3447 9159

      3456 9156 3455 9130 3442 9121 3433 9104

      3414 9109 3408 9118 3395 9116



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