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FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
624 AM CDT WED APR 9 2008

ARZ035-036-048-049-091430-
CROSS AR-LEE AR-ST. FRANCIS AR-CRITTENDEN AR-
624 AM CDT WED APR 9 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED AN URBAN AND SMALL
STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 AM CDT WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR...
  CRITTENDEN COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
  CROSS COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
  NORTHERN LEE COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
  ST. FRANCIS COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
AT 624 AM CDT OVER THE PAST FEW HOURS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 
DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS 
FALLEN ACROSS THE AFFECTED AREA. ADDITIONAL RAIN AMOUNTS AROUND AN 
INCH ARE POSSIBLE FROM ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING 
THROUGH THE AREA.
LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY
INCLUDE EARLE...FORREST CITY...HUGHES...MADISON...MARION AND
PALESTINE.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS
AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS
AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW
LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
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