Flash flood EMERGENCY for Mena FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 750 PM CDT THU MAY 8 2014 ARC083-113-127-090500- /O.CON.KLZK.FF.W.0012.000000T0000Z-140509T0500Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ LOGAN AR-POLK AR-SCOTT AR- 750 PM CDT THU MAY 8 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SCOTT...POLK AND WESTERN LOGAN COUNTIES UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT... ...THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR THE MENA AREA... * AT 738 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN BUILDING INTO THE WARNED AREA FROM SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHEAST TEXAS. TWO TO MORE THAN THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SO FAR. THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR THE MENA AREA. IN MENA...3.26 INCHES OF RAIN WAS MEASURED THROUGH 700 PM CDT. ROADS IN AND AROUND TOWN WERE UNDER WATER...AND SOME ROADS WERE BEING BARRICADED. SEVERAL HIGH WATER RESCUES WERE NECESSARY. THIS IS A DENGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. AT LEAST ONE TO TWO INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH MORE FLASH FLOODING IMMINENT. * 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! &&
Posted on: Fri, 09 May 2014 01:05:15 +0000
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