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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR

1209 PM CDT WED SEP 3 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CONWAY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS

  FAULKNER COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS

  GARLAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS

  LONOKE COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS

  PERRY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS

  POPE COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS

  PULASKI COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS

  SALINE COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS

  YELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS

  JOHNSON COUNTY IN WESTERN ARKANSAS

  LOGAN COUNTY IN WESTERN ARKANSAS



* UNTIL 600 PM CDT



* AT 1201 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  

  MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL DEPRESSION     

  GUSTAV OVER MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA. THE HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TO 

  CONTINUE...AND WITH ALREADY SATURATED GROUND...FLASH FLOODING IS   

  LIKELY TO OCCUR. 



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

  LITTLE ROCK...CONWAY...HOT SPRINGS...BENTON...CLARKSVILLE.



&&



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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 CHOISE...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 3440 9338 3474 9339 3476 9370 3502 9370

      3503 9406 3514 9414 3539 9370 3576 9368

      3573 9281 3547 9283 3537 9212 3508 9211

      3504 9179 3456 9163 3448 9168 3450 9238

      3441 9267 3451 9274 3451 9290 3439 9295



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