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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

1249 AM CDT SAT SEP 8 2001



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

STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 200 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE

FOLLOWING COUNTY



IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS

     SEBASTIAN



AT 1249 AM CDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY

RAIN ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES NORTH OF RYE HILL TO

HARTFORD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.



MINOR URBAN FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN FORT SMITH AT 1248 AM.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS 

AND STREAMS...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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