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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR

203 PM CDT TUE MAR 18 2008



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NEWTON AR-

203 PM CDT TUE MAR 18 2008



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

NEWTON COUNTY...



AT 203 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL...CONTINUING TO AFFECT WESTERN 

AND CENTRAL PORTIONS OF NEWTON COUNTY. RAINFALL RATES AVERAGING ONE 

AND ONE HALF INCH PER HOUR WILL BE COMMON THIS AFTERNOON.  THIS 

RAINFALL WILL AFFECT AREAS ALREADY SATURATED DUE TO RECENT RAINFALL.



OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LOST 

VALLEY STATE PARK...WESTERN GROVE AND JASPER.



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 3611 9293 3573 9295 3573 9346 3575 9352

      3587 9352 3595 9349 3597 9344 3607 9343

      3609 9348 3613 9345

TIME...MOT...LOC 1900Z 180DEG 0KT 3598 9313



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