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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
147 AM CST THU MAR 10 2016

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CHICOT AR-
147 AM CST THU MAR 10 2016

...THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR CHICOT COUNTY AND THE CITIES
OF LAKE VILLAGE, DERMOTT, AND EUDORA...

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 AM CST FOR
CHICOT COUNTY...

AT 143 AM CST...CITY OF DERMOTT EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED
NUMEROUS RESCUES AND EVACUATIONS TAKING PLACE DUE TO RISING FLOOD
WATER. NEARLY ALL CITY STREETS ARE CURRENTLY FLOODED. WATER RESCUES
ARE ALSO OCCURRING IN THE CITY OF LAKE VILLAGE...AND NUMEROUS ROADS
ARE FLOODED ACROSS CHICOT COUNTY. RADAR INDICATES UP TO NINE INCHES
OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER PARTS OF THE COUNTY OVER THE PAST 24 HOURS.

THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR CHICOT COUNTY AND THE CITIESOF
LAKE VILLAGE, DERMOTT, AND EUDORA. SEEK HIGHER GROUND NOW!

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
LAKE VILLAGE...DERMOTT...EUDORA...MCMILLAN CORNER AND CHICOT
JUNCTION.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE WARNED AREA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE
THREATENING SITUATION. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL UNLESS YOU ARE
FLEEING AN AREA SUBJECT TO FLOODING OR UNDER AN EVACUATION ORDER.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.

TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

&&

LAT...LON 3352 9132 3356 9123 3350 9118 3344 9123
      3350 9117 3345 9112 3341 9121 3338 9118
      3345 9106 3333 9114 3324 9110 3328 9105
      3328 9104 3314 9109 3313 9120 3304 9113
      3301 9146 3356 9145 3356 9135

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