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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR

633 PM CDT THU MAY 8 2014



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LOGAN AR-POLK AR-SCOTT AR-

633 PM CDT THU MAY 8 2014



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

LOGAN COUNTIES UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT...



* AT 629 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR             

  INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING TO  

  BUILD INTO WESTERN ARKANSAS FROM SOUTHEAST OKALHOMA AND NORTHEAST  

  TEXAS. THIS IS BECOMING A SERIOUS SITUATION. ONE TO THREE INCHES   

  OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN IN AREAS SUCH AS WALDRON AND MENA. IN   

  THE MENA AREA...A HIGH WATER RESCUE WAS PERFORMED AS A CAR WENT

  INTO AN OVERFLOWING CREEK. ROADS ARE FLOODED AND AROUND TOWN.      

  ANOTHER TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN COULD EASILY FALL IN THE       

  WARNED AREA...WITH WIDESPREAD FLASH FLOODING LIKELY.    



* 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!



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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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