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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR

438 PM CDT THU JUL 5 2007



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INDEPENDENCE AR-

438 PM CDT THU JUL 5 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR

CENTRAL INDEPENDENCE COUNTY...



AT 435 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING RANDOMLY IN INDEPENDENCE COUNTY. 

ONE STORM WAS 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF BATESVILLE...WITH OTHER STORMS 

ROUGHLY 2 MILES NORTHEAST OF ALONZO AND BETWEEN SOUTHSIDE AND 

NEWARK. THE STORMS WERE DRIFTING SLOWLY TO THE SOUTH. 



THE RADAR SHOWED THAT HEAVY RAIN HAD OCCURRED FROM DESHA TO 

SOUTHSIDE TO NEAR NEWARK...WITH AMOUNTS BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES.



SOME OF THESE AREAS RECEIVED MORE THAN A FOOT OF RAIN TO END 

JUNE...AND THE GROUND WAS ALREADY SATURATED. THIS ADDITIONAL HEAVY 

RAINFALL WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING.



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DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3559 9175 3560 9161 3568 9140 3579 9143

      3582 9157 3586 9165 3586 9174 3570 9177



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