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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

135 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR

  BENTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS

  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS



* UNTIL 330 PM CST



* AT 133 PM CST DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY

  RAIN ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF GARFIELD 

  TO WINSLOW...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH WITH ADDITIONAL 

  RAIN COVERING NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.



  RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY

  FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA. STORM SPOTTERS REPORTED FLASH 

  FLOODING NEAR BENTONVILLE...WITH FLASH FLOODING LIKELY THROUGHOUT

  BENTON AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS

IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT

ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS

THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL

ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3650 9460 3577 9449 3579 9396 3650 9387

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