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WGUS54 KLZK 041149

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ARC101-115-129-141-041445-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR

646 AM CDT THU MAY 4 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN SEARCY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS

  SOUTHERN NEWTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS

  NORTHERN POPE COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS

  NORTHERN VAN BUREN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS



* UNTIL 945 AM CDT



* AT 645 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR IN LITTLE ROCK CONTINUED TO SHOW AN 

AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL ALONG THE 

BORDERS OF POPE...NEWTON...VAN BUREN...AND SEARCY COUNTIES. THESE 

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN REGENERATING AND MOVING OVER THE 

SAME AREAS DURING THE LAST HOUR. RADAR IS ESTIMATING THAT AS MUCH AS 

TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THESE AREAS DURING THE 

LAST HOUR. WITH ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED...THE 

FLASH FLOOD THREAT WILL CONTINUE. 



&&



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.



MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN VEHICLES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO

CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.

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



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.





LAT...LON 3593 9349 3593 9294 3593 9242 3573 9243

      3571 9224 3553 9225 3555 9248 3558 9279

      3559 9317 3573 9314 3575 9351



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