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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN

649 AM CDT WED APR 9 2008



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PHILLIPS AR-LEE AR-

649 AM CDT WED APR 9 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 AM CDT FOR

SOUTHERN LEE AND NORTHERN PHILLIPS COUNTIES...



AT 649 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 2 TO 4 INCHES OF 

RAINFALL HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF 

RAIN IS POSSIBLE FROM MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH 

THE AREA.



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

MORO...MARIANNA...GARRET GROVE AND AUBREY.



.EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO 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 3484 9111 3483 9048 3478 9050 3481 9051

      3480 9054 3470 9053 3469 9057 3459 9058

      3447 9104

TIME...MOT...LOC 1149Z 180DEG 0KT 3463 9081



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