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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN

321 AM CDT SAT SEP 23 2006



ARC021-121-MOC069-231200-

CLAY AR-RANDOLPH AR-DUNKLIN MO-

321 AM CDT SAT SEP 23 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM CDT FOR

DUNKLIN...RANDOLPH AND CLAY COUNTIES...



AT 335 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY

HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING TO FALL OVER THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLAR RADAR 

HAS ESTIMATED 5 TO 10 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS 

THE WARNED AREA SINCE FRIDAY EVENING. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 

TWO TO FOUR INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS FLOOD 

SITUATION. 



AT 310 AM CDT...THE RANDOLPH COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED 

SIGNIFICANT FLOODING ACROSS THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY. 

WATER UP TO ONE FOOT DEEP WAS COVERING THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 

90 AND 251 IN WARM SPRINGS. IN ADDITION...WATER WAS ENTERING INTO 

HOMES...WITH PORCHES BEING TORN AWAY FROM THE HOMES BY FLOOD WATER 

ALONG HIGHWAY 115 IN MAYNARD.



ALSO AT 315 AM CDT...THE ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 

HAS REPORTED WIDESPREAD FLOODING ACROSS CLAY COUNTY. FLOODING IS 

OCCURRING IN THE CITIES OF PIGGOTT...GREENWAY...AND POLLARD. HIGHWAY 

49 NORTH OF GREENWAY IS UNDER SIX INCHES OF WATER. FLOODING OF HOMES 

AND MANY COUNTY ROADS HAS ALSO BEEN REPORTED.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HOLCOMB...

CLARKTON...CAMPBELL...SUCCESS...ST. FRANCIS...POLLARD...PIGGOTT...

MCDOUGAL...MAYNARD...HICKORIA...DATTO...DALTON AND CORNING



.A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED

ROADWAYS. TURN AROUND, DONT DROWN.



.BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS 

OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. 



.TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

MEMPHIS.



.STAY TUNED TO THIS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROADCAST FOR THE LATEST

UPDATES AND INFORMATION. TO REPORT FLOODING ONLY...CALL 1 800 4 3 2 0

8 7 5.



LAT...LON 3620 8997 3621 9031 3628 9033 3628 9080

      3619 9082 3619 9109 3649 9132 3650 9023

      3654 9021 3656 9018 3657 8996



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WGUS74 KMEG 230837

FFSMEG



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN

321 AM CDT SAT SEP 23 2006



ARC021-121-MOC069-231200-

CLAY AR-RANDOLPH AR-DUNKLIN MO-

321 AM CDT SAT SEP 23 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM CDT FOR

DUNKLIN...RANDOLPH AND CLAY COUNTIES...



AT 335 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY

HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING TO FALL OVER THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLAR RADAR 

HAS ESTIMATED 5 TO 10 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS 

THE WARNED AREA SINCE FRIDAY EVENING. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 

TWO TO FOUR INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS FLOOD 

SITUATION. 



AT 310 AM CDT...THE RANDOLPH COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED 

SIGNIFICANT FLOODING ACROSS THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY. 

WATER UP TO ONE FOOT DEEP WAS COVERING THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 

90 AND 251 IN WARM SPRINGS. IN ADDITION...WATER WAS ENTERING INTO 

HOMES...WITH PORCHES BEING TORN AWAY FROM THE HOMES BY FLOOD WATER 

ALONG HIGHWAY 115 IN MAYNARD.



ALSO AT 315 AM CDT...THE ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 

HAS REPORTED WIDESPREAD FLOODING ACROSS CLAY COUNTY. FLOODING IS 

OCCURRING IN THE CITIES OF PIGGOTT...GREENWAY...AND POLLARD. HIGHWAY 

49 NORTH OF GREENWAY IS UNDER SIX INCHES OF WATER. FLOODING OF HOMES 

AND MANY COUNTY ROADS HAS ALSO BEEN REPORTED.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HOLCOMB...

CLARKTON...CAMPBELL...SUCCESS...ST. FRANCIS...POLLARD...PIGGOTT...

MCDOUGAL...MAYNARD...HICKORIA...DATTO...DALTON AND CORNING



.A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED

ROADWAYS. TURN AROUND, DONT DROWN.



.BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS 

OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. 



.TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

MEMPHIS.



.STAY TUNED TO THIS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROADCAST FOR THE LATEST

UPDATES AND INFORMATION. TO REPORT FLOODING ONLY...CALL 1 800 4 3 2 0

8 7 5.



LAT...LON 3620 8997 3621 9031 3628 9033 3628 9080

      3619 9082 3619 9109 3649 9132 3650 9023

      3654 9021 3656 9018 3657 8996



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