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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
950 AM CDT FRI AUG 31 2012

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CLEVELAND AR-DALLAS AR-GRANT AR-JEFFERSON AR-LONOKE AR-
950 AM CDT FRI AUG 31 2012

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN LONOKE...
JEFFERSON...SOUTHEASTERN GRANT...SOUTHEASTERN DALLAS AND NORTHERN
CLEVELAND COUNTIES UNTIL 1100 AM CDT...

...THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR THE PINE BLUFF AND 
   FORDYCE AREAS...

* AT 948 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED   
  TO INDICATE A BAND OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS FROM      
  LONOKE TO PINE BLUFF AND FORDYCE. VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS OCCURRING    
  WITH THIS BAND OF PRECIPITATION. RAIN WAS FALLING OVER AREAS       
  THAT RECEIVED FOUR TO MORE THAN SEVEN INCHES OF RAIN               
  SINCE THURSDAY. 

  THIS IS FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR THE PINE BLUFF AND FORDYCE 
  AREAS.

  MANY ROADS WERE UNDER WATER IN THE PINE BLUFF
  AREA. SANDBAGGING OF HOMES WAS OCCURRING LOCALLY. A COUPLE 
  OF CARS WERE FLOATING DOWN HIGHWAY 63. AT FORDYCE...LAW
  ENFORCEMENT REPORTED HOUSES THREATENED BY HIGH WATER AND
  EXTENSIVE STREET FLOODING. THIS IS A SERIOUS SITUATION.  

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  RISON...              PINE BLUFF...         GRAYS LAKE...
  FORDYCE...            WHITE HALL...         WARBRITTON...
  TOLEDO...             PINE BLUFF ARSENAL... PARKERS CORNER...
  MT ELBA...            LAMONT...             LAKE PINE BLUFF...
  KINGSLAND...          KEO...                KEDRON...
  HUMNOKE...            HENSLEY ISLAND...     HEBRON...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS IS AN EXCEPTIONALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...LIFE THREATENING FLASH
FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING AND WILL CONTINUE. MOVE TO HIGHER
GROUND NOW AND DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS!

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LAT...LON 3382 9258 3449 9210 3449 9203 3459 9203
      3470 9195 3466 9167 3464 9165 3422 9184
      3409 9193 3409 9195 3405 9195 3381 9212

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