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WGUS74 KLZK 090050

FFSLZK



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR

750 PM CDT THU MAY 8 2014



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LOGAN AR-POLK AR-SCOTT AR-

750 PM CDT THU MAY 8 2014



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SCOTT...POLK AND WESTERN

LOGAN COUNTIES UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT...



...THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR THE MENA AREA...



* AT 738 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED   

  TO SHOW SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH AREAS OF HEAVY    

  RAIN BUILDING INTO THE WARNED AREA FROM SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND     

  NORTHEAST TEXAS. TWO TO MORE THAN THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN  

  SO FAR. 



  THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR THE MENA AREA.



  IN MENA...3.26 INCHES OF RAIN WAS MEASURED THROUGH 700 PM CDT.     

  ROADS IN AND AROUND TOWN WERE UNDER WATER...AND SOME ROADS         

  WERE BEING BARRICADED. SEVERAL HIGH WATER RESCUES WERE             

  NECESSARY. THIS IS A DENGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. 

  AT LEAST ONE TO TWO INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL CAN BE           

  EXPECTED...WITH MORE FLASH FLOODING IMMINENT.



* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...

  WALDRON...            MENA...               BOONEVILLE...

  WICKES...             VANDERVOORT...        SHADY...

  RATCLIFF...           QUEEN WILHELMINA STATE PARK...

  POLK COUNTY FAIRGNDS...                     OLIVER...

  MOUNTAIN FORK...      MORGAN SPRINGS...    

  MENA INTERMOUNTAIN AIRPORT...               MCCAULEY...

  MANSFIELD...          LAKE WILHELMINA...    LAKE MENA...

  LAKE HINKLE...



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF 

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. IF YOU 

ENCOUNTER WATER ACROSS A ROAD...DO THE RIGHT THING. TURN AROUND... 

DONT DROWN!



&&



LAT...LON 3494 9444 3497 9424 3507 9425 3511 9415

      3515 9414 3515 9404 3523 9404 3524 9393

      3533 9391 3532 9382 3542 9380 3542 9379

      3537 9374 3435 9413 3434 9425 3419 9425

      3419 9447



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