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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN

747 AM CDT SUN JUN 14 2009



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CROSS AR-POINSETT AR-

747 AM CDT SUN JUN 14 2009



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 AM CDT FOR

POINSETT AND CROSS COUNTIES...



AT 747 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. OVER THE PAST 3 HOURS

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS FALLEN 

ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. CROSS COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS HAVE 

REPORTED THAT WATER WAS BEGINNING TO COVER THE ROADWAY NEAR THE 

INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAYS 350 AND 1 NEAR WYNNE AT 730 AM CDT. 



OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

TYRONZA...TRUMANN...MARKED TREE...LEPANTO AND HARRISBURG.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



.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.



.STAY TUNED TO THIS BROADCAST FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND INFORMATION.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY...CALL 1 800 4 3 2 0 8 7 5.



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LAT...LON 3571 9104 3570 9029 3545 9029 3544 9050

      3516 9051 3516 9104



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