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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

215 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR

  MADISON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS

  FRANKLIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS



* UNTIL 415 PM CST



* AT 215 PM CST DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY

  RAIN ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 2 MILES NORTHWEST OF WITTER

  TO WIEDERKEHR VILLAGE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH...WITH RAIN 

  ALSO OCCURRING ACROSS MUCH OF THESE COUNTIES.



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

  FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA AND STORM SPOTTERS REPORTED FLASH 

  FLOODING IN CHARLESTON.  FLASH FLOODING MAY ALSO BEGIN TO OCCUR IN

  THE REST OF FRANKLIN AND MADISON 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 3630 9383 3534 9406 3546 9371 3614 9346

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