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Flash Flood Statement

National Weather Service Jackson MS

1150 AM CDT Thu Apr 18 2024



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Ashley AR-Chicot AR-East Carroll LA-Morehouse LA-West Carroll LA-

1150 AM CDT Thu Apr 18 2024



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM CDT THIS 

AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHERN ASHLEY AND SOUTHWESTERN CHICOT COUNTIES AND 

NORTH CENTRAL EAST CARROLL, MOREHOUSE AND NORTHERN WEST CARROLL 

PARISHES...



At 1150 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 

heavy rain across the warned area. Between 2 and 4 inches of rain 

have fallen. The expected rainfall rate is 1 to 2 inches in 1 hour. 

Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are possible in the 

warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.



HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.



SOURCE...Radar.



IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,

         highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor

         drainage and low-lying areas.



Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...

  Bastrop, Crossett, Oak Grove, Wilmot, Kilbourne, Bonita, Parkdale, 

  Jones, Galion, Berlin, Beekman, Millikin and Gassoway.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood 

deaths occur in vehicles.



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LAT...LON 3314 9139 3304 9116 3294 9121 3282 9125

      3281 9163 3275 9205 3279 9205 3283 9207

      3284 9206 3286 9207 3291 9208 3292 9207

      3297 9209 3300 9207 3303 9208 3303 9210

      3312 9212



FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1-2 INCHES IN 1 HOUR



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