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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

1051 PM CDT SUN MAY 20 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED AN URBAN AND SMALL

STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1245 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE

FOLLOWING COUNTY



IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS

     NORTHERN SEBASTIAN



AT 1051 PM CDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY

RAIN ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES SOUTH OF CENTRAL CITY TO 7

MILES NORTHWEST OF BONANZA TO 19 MILES WEST OF FORT SMITH...MOVING

EAST AT 35 MPH.



SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY THE HEAVY RAIN

INCLUDE CENTRAL CITY...BLOOMER...RYE HILL...JENNY LIND...BONANZA...

BURNVILLE...WASHBURN...LAVACA...BARLING...GREENWOOD AND FORT SMITH.



RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS 

...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL 

AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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.

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