Expires:200804091430;Remove:200804091430;570687 WGUS84 KMEG 091127 FLSMEG 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. $$