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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR

157 PM CDT TUE MAR 18 2008



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STONE AR-IZARD AR-

157 PM CDT TUE MAR 18 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR IZARD

AND STONE COUNTIES...



AT 157 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...PRODUCING MODERATE TO HEAVY 

RAIN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH...ACROSS IZARD AND STONE 

COUNTIES.  RAINFALL RATES OF ONE AND ONE HALF INCH AN HOUR WILL BE 

COMMON THROUGH MOST OF THE AFTERNOON. THIS RAINFALL WILL OCCUR OVER 

AREAS ALREADY SATURATED FROM PREVIOUS RAINFALL.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

PINEVILLE...OXFORD...MOUNTAIN VIEW...MOUNT PLEASANT... 

MELBOURNE...HORSESHOE BEND...FRANKLIN AND FIFTY-SIX.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3625 9170 3617 9167 3602 9170 3601 9167

      3587 9184 3570 9184 3572 9242 3596 9242

      3599 9231 3607 9230 3608 9218 3618 9220

      3619 9215 3626 9214

TIME...MOT...LOC 1857Z 180DEG 0KT 3581 9206



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