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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR

643 PM CDT TUE MAR 18 2008



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FULTON AR-BOONE AR-SHARP AR-SEARCY AR-NEWTON AR-STONE AR-MARION AR-

BAXTER AR-IZARD AR-

643 PM CDT TUE MAR 18 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM CDT FOR

IZARD...BAXTER...MARION...STONE...NEWTON...SEARCY...SHARP...BOONE AND

FULTON COUNTIES...



AT 643 PM CDT...A DANGEROUS FLOODING EVENT WAS EVOLVING ACROSS MUCH 

OF NORTHERN ARKANSAS. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL OF FOUR TO SIX INCHES HAS

OCCURED TODAY...WITH SOME HIGHER AMOUNTS NOTED.  ADDITIONAL 

MODERATE...TO AT TIMES HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE 

EVENING.  



OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

NORFORK...SALEM AIRPORT...CHEROKEE VILLAGE...LAKE THUNDERBIRD...BULL 

SHOALS STATE PARK...YELLVILLE...VIOLA AND SALESVILLE.



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

DANGERS OF FLOODING. 



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 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 2343Z 180DEG 0KT 3621 9303



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