

000 

WGUS54 KLZK 041030

FFWLZK

ARC001-041330-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR

526 AM CDT THU MAY 4 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ARKANSAS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS



* UNTIL 830 AM CDT



* AT 530 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR IN LITTLE ROCK CONTINUE TO SHOW 

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING AND SLOWLY MOVING OVER MUCH OF 

NORTHERN AND EASTERN ARKANSAS COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT AS MUCH 

AS TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN NORTHEASTERN ARKANSAS 

COUNTY IN THE LAST HOUR. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COULD 

PRODUCE AS MUCH AS 1-2 ADDITIONAL INCHES OF RAINFALL OVER THE NEXT 

SEVERAL HOURS...MAINLY IN AREAS EAST OF A LINE FROM HUMPHREY...TO 

LODGES CORNER...TO GILLETT. THIS WILL INCREASE THE THREAT OF FLASH 

FLOODING. 



&&



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS

IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. DO NOT ATTEMPT

TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON

FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.



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 3426 9139 3447 9162 3447 9156 3452 9150

      3456 9153 3456 9128 3453 9130 3447 9122

      3448 9121 3444 9121 3434 9106 3415 9115



$$



57

