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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
600 AM CDT TUE MAR 18 2008

...DAY 2 OF 2008 NATIONAL FLOOD SAFETY AWARENESS WEEK...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INVITES YUR PARTICIPATION IN 
THE THIRD ANNUAL NATIONAL FLOOD SAFETY AWARENESS WEEK...
MARCH 17TH THROUGH 21ST.

TODAYS THEME IS...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN...WHICH IS AN EFFORT TO
INCREASE AWARENESS OF THE DANGERS OF DRIVING OVER FLOODED
ROADS OR WALKING IN FLOODED AREAS.  TOO MANY PEOPLE DIE DUE TO 
MISJUDGING THE POWER OF MOVING WATER OR THEIR ABILITY TO NAVIGATE
FLOODED AREAS.  

IT ONLY TAKES ABOUT SIX INCHES OF WATER FOR A VEHICLE TO LOSE CONTACT
WITH THE ROAD.  MOST VEHICLES CAN BE SWEPT AWAY BY 18 TO 24 INCHES OF
MOVING WATER.  SADLY...MAY DEATHS COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED BY SIMPLY 
TURNING AROUND AND FINDING AN ALTERNATE ROUTE AROUND FLOODED AREAS.

SOME ITEMS TO CONSIDER TO INCREASE YOUR FLOOD SAFETY...

TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.  CANCEL OR DELAY TRIPS AND AVOID DRIVING INTO
FLOODED ROADWAYS.

REMEMBER THAT FLOODED ROADS MAY ALSO HIDE OTHER DANGERS.  ROADS AND 
BRIDGES CAN BE WASHED OUT.

KEEP CHILDREN AWAY FROM FLOODED AREAS...ESPECIALLY SWIFT MOVING WATER.

WHEN CAMPING NEAR A RIVER...BE AWARE OF THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPIDLY RISING
WATER.  THUNDERSTORMS MILES AWAY CAN CAUSE RIVERS TO RISE...EVEN WHEN
LOCAL CONDITIONS ARE FINE.

FLOODING AT NIGHT IS ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS BECAUSE IT IS HARDER TO SEE THE
THREATS.

INFORMATION FOR TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN CAN BE FOUND AT
WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/SRH

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR FLOOD SAFETY AND FLOOD SAFETY AWARENESS WEEK
CAN BE FOUND ONLINE AT...

WWW.WEATHER.GOV/FLOODSAFETY

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