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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN

900 AM CDT WED MAR 19 2008



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CRAIGHEAD AR-MISSISSIPPI AR-POINSETT AR-CLAY AR-RANDOLPH AR-GREENE 

AR-LAWRENCE AR-DUNKLIN MO-PEMISCOT MO-LAKE TN-

900 AM CDT WED MAR 19 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 PM CDT FOR

LAKE...PEMISCOT...DUNKLIN...LAWRENCE...GREENE...RANDOLPH...CLAY...

POINSETT...MISSISSIPPI AND CRAIGHEAD COUNTIES...



AT 855 AM CDT...THE HOXIE FIRE CHIEF REPORTED THAT HEAVY RAIN HAS 

RESULTED IN FLOODING BETWEEN BLACK ROCK IN LAWRENCE COUNTY TO THE 

SHARP AND LAWRENCE COUNTY LINE. HIGHWAY 63 HAS BEEN CLOSED BETWEEN 

BLACK ROCK IN LAWRENCE COUNTY AND HARDY IN SHARP COUNTY ARKANSAS. 

REPORTS INDICATE THAT AS MUCH AS 3 FEET OF WATER CURRENTLY COVERS 

THE ROADWAY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES ARE 

EXPECTED THIS MORNING WHICH WILL SERVE TO AGGRAVATE THE ONGOING 

FLOOD SITUATION. THIS A DANGEROUS SITUATION...PLEASE DO NOT ATTEMPT 

TO CROSS ROADWAYS COVERED BY FLOOD WATERS.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

TIPTONVILLE...BOLTON...WARDELL...HOLCOMB...GLENNONVILLE...CLARKTON...

CAMPBELL...SUCCESS...ST. FRANCIS...REYNO...RAVENDEN SPRINGS...

POLLARD...PIGGOTT...MCDOUGAL...MAYNARD...KNOBEL...HICKORIA...

GREENWAY...DATTO...DALTON...CORNING...BIGGERS AND ATTICA.



.EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...RIVERS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND 

ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. FLOODING MAY BE PARTICULARLY 

DANGEROUS IN LOW LYING AREAS SURROUNDING THE BLACK RIVER.



.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.



.A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



LAT...LON 3664 8998 3641 8997 3638 8955 3651 8951

      3646 8946 3652 8934 3624 8948 3610 8968

      3579 8979 3575 8994 3548 9032 3545 9104

      3593 9106 3590 9136 3623 9138 3632 9128

      3649 9139 3650 9017 3663 9016

TIME...MOT...LOC 1400Z 180DEG 0KT 3630 9085



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