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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR

532 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NEWTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS

  EXTREME NORTHERN JOHNSON COUNTY IN WESTERN ARKANSAS



* UNTIL 830 PM CDT



* AT 530 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  THAT AT LEAST ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN CENTRAL 

  AND SOUTHERN NEWTON COUNTY AND NORTHERN JOHNSON COUNTY IN THE LAST 

  HOUR. SEVERAL ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED HEAVY

  RAINFALL...AND MORE CONTINUE TO FORM AND MOVE OVER THE SAME AREAS. THIS

  WILL ONLY INCREASE THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING. 



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

  DEER...SALUS...AND JASPER. 



&&



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.



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS

FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



LAT...LON 3602 9294 3575 9295 3573 9315 3570 9319

      3568 9335 3572 9366 3579 9360 3578 9353

      3585 9354 3603 9342

TIME...MOT...LOC 2232Z 180DEG 0KT 3580 9325



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