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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1116 AM CDT WED SEP 23 2020
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ARKANSAS...
DESHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ARKANSAS...
* UNTIL 1225 PM CDT.
* AT 1112 AM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING STEADY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
BETWEEN 2.5 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN WITH SOME LOCALIZED
AMOUNTS EXCEEDING 3.5 TO 4 INCHES OVER THE LAST THREE TO FOUR
HOURS, AND RADAR INDICATING THAT MORE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO
MOVE INTO THE WARNED AREA, PROMPTING AN EXTENSION OF THE WARNING
FOR ONE MORE HOUR. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY ONGOING AS REPORTED
BY LAW ENFORCEMENT IN MCGEHEE AND PUBLIC SPOTTERS IN WATSON.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED GAUGES.
IMPACT...FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN AREAS,
HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER
DRAINAGE AND LOW LYING AREAS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
PEA RIDGE, ROHWER, ARKANSAS CITY, WATSON, KELSO, LUCCA LANDING,
YANCOPIN, JERSEY POINT, TRUSTEN HOLDER WMA, MCGEHEE, MERRISACH
LAKE, ARKANSAS POST, MCARTHUR, MORGAN POINT RECREATION AREA,
PENDLETON, MASONVILLE AND HALLEY.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 0.5 TO 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.
LAT...LON 3356 9145 3392 9141 3406 9133 3399 9104
3398 9108 3398 9109 3392 9101 3384 9107
3378 9099 3378 9114 3373 9115 3368 9103
3366 9109 3369 9122 3360 9113 3356 9124
3352 9125
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED
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