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WGUS74 KMEG 301123
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Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Memphis TN
623 AM CDT SUN APR 30 2017

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Greene AR-Randolph AR-Craighead AR-Poinsett AR-Lawrence AR-Clay AR-
623 AM CDT SUN APR 30 2017

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 AM CDT FOR
GREENE...RANDOLPH...CRAIGHEAD...NORTHWESTERN POINSETT...EASTERN
LAWRENCE AND CLAY COUNTIES...

At 618 AM CDT National Weather Service Doppler Radar detected rain
and thunderstorms over all of the warning area. Up to 2 inches of
rain has fallen since 5 AM in eastern Craighead County,
with rainfall totals over 4 inches in the warning area.

Many roads have been flooded in and around Jonesboro. Some homes
have been threatened in southeast Jonesboro with people being
evacuated.

Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Jonesboro, Paragould, Pocahontas, Walnut Ridge, Corning, Bono, Lake
City, Bay, Brookland, Marmaduke, Crowleys Ridge State Park, Lake
Frierson State Park, Oak Grove Heights, Lafe, Reyno, Maynard,
Biggers, Cash, Knobel and O'kean.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If you must travel in northeast Arkansas this morning, be extremely
cautious. 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.

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LAT...LON 3650 9032 3619 9033 3572 9045 3567 9104
      3588 9103 3615 9089 3615 9106 3612 9107
      3615 9108 3616 9113 3620 9116 3624 9124
      3637 9128 3642 9131 3642 9134 3650 9136

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