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

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BRADLEY AR-CALHOUN AR-CLEVELAND AR-DALLAS AR-OUACHITA AR-
946 AM CDT FRI AUG 31 2012

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN OUACHITA...
SOUTHEASTERN DALLAS...SOUTHERN CLEVELAND...CALHOUN AND NORTHWESTERN
BRADLEY COUNTIES UNTIL NOON CDT...

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

* AT 939 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A   
THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL 10 MILES SOUTH OF HAMPTON.   
DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES 4 TO AS MUCH AS 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE        
ALREADY FALLEN OVER PARTS OF THE WARNED AREA. ANOTHER ONE TO TWO     
INCHES OF RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE...MAKING FLASH FLOODING LIKELY TO     
OCCUR. WHILE PRECIPITATION MAY TAPER OFF IN SOME AREAS               
DURING THE WARNING PERIOD...IT WILL TAKE SOME TIME FOR ANY HIGH      
WATER TO RUNOFF.

THIS IS FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR FORDYCE AREA.

LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS REPORTED THAT SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IS ONGOING    
IN THE FORDYCE AREA. ANYWHERE FROM SEVERAL INCHES TO SEVERAL FEET    
OF WATER ARE COVERING THE ROADS THROUGHOUT FORDYCE. NUMEROUS HOMES   
ARE ALSO BEING THREATENED BY THE FLOOD WATERS. THIS IS BECOMING A    
SERIOUS SITUATION. IF AFFECTED BY FLOOD WATERS...DO NOT DRIVE INTO   
THE WATERS AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  HAMPTON...            FORDYCE...            WEEKS...
  TRI COUNTY LAKE...    TIPTON...             THORNTON...
  MILLERS BLUFF...      LANARK...             HEBRON...
  HARRELL...            HARLOW...             HAMPTON MUNI ARPT...
  GRAPEVINE LAKE...     ELLISVILLE...         CRANE LAKE...
  BEARDEN...            WOODBERRY...          TINSMAN...

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!

DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF
RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.

&&

LAT...LON 3327 9245 3329 9247 3332 9248 3331 9253
      3335 9254 3337 9257 3335 9268 3338 9273
      3337 9280 3383 9257 3382 9204 3327 9238
      3326 9241

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