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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR

431 PM CDT TUE MAR 18 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BAXTER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS

  BOONE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS

  FULTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS

  IZARD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS

  MARION COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS

  NEWTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS

  SEARCY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS

  SHARP COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS

  STONE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS



* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT



* AT 429 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR         

  CONTINUES TO INDICATE A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS    

  OVER MUCH OF NORTHERN ARKANSAS...EXTENDING INTO WESTERN ARKANSAS   

  AND EASTERN OKLAHOMA. AS MUCH AS FIVE TO SEVEN INCHES OF RAINFALL  

  HAS OCCURRED IN A LARGE PART OF THE WARNED AREA SINCE LAST NIGHT.  

  ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT...AND THIS   

  WILL ONLY AGGRAVATE AN ALREADY DANGEROUS SITUATION. 



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

  HARRISON...YELLVILLE...MOUNTAIN HOME...SALEM...HARDY...MELBOURNE...

  MARSHALL...AND JASPER.



&&



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF THREE TO FIVE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN 

THE WARNED AREA THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. 



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

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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 CHOISE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN LITTLE

ROCK.



LAT...LON 3637 9128 3625 9126 3622 9136 3589 9136

      3589 9146 3594 9148 3594 9176 3584 9186

      3570 9184 3572 9241 3579 9243 3579 9261

      3572 9263 3575 9352 3606 9343 3610 9348

      3613 9329 3650 9328 3649 9142

TIME...MOT...LOC 2131Z 180DEG 0KT 3621 9303



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