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WGUS74 KMEG 230314

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN

1012 PM CDT SAT MAR 22 2008



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RANDOLPH AR-LAWRENCE AR-

1012 PM CDT SAT MAR 22 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 AM CDT FOR

CENTRAL LAWRENCE AND SOUTHEASTERN RANDOLPH COUNTIES...



THE BLACK RIVER HAS BREACHED THE RUNNING WATER LEVEE JUST SOUTHEAST 

OF POCAHONTAS IN TWO PLACES. WATER IS FLOWING SLOWLY BUT STEADILY 

SOUTHWARD OUT OF THE BLACK RIVER THROUGH THESE BREACHES. THE WARNED 

AREA IS BOUNDED ON THE EAST BY THE THE RUNNING WATER LEVEE JUST 

SOUTHEAST OF POCAHONTAS TO SHARUM TO OKEAN TO NEAR COLLEGE CITY TO 

PORTIA...AND BOUNDED ON THE WEST BY THE BLACK RIVER FROM THE RUNNING 

WATER LEVEE NEAR POCAHONTAS TO NEAR PORTIA. FURTHER BREACHES TO THE 

LEVEE COULD FURTHER AGGRAVATE THE SITUATION.



.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 CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3612 9107 3626 9095 3623 9082 3617 9081

      3612 9095 3606 9102 3604 9108 3606 9111

TIME...MOT...LOC 0312Z 180DEG 0KT 3617 9094



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