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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

442 PM CST SUN DEC 16 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR

  CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS

  SEBASTIAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS



* UNTIL 830 PM CST



* AT 442 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAIN

  WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS OVER MUCH OF CRAWFORD AND SEBASTIAN 

  COUNTIES MOVING SLOWLY NORTHEAST. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL MOVE

  INTO THE WARNED AREA FROM THE SOUTHWEST OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS.

  THIS HEAVY RAIN IS FALLING ON SATURATED GROUND...AND IS LIKELY TO  

  CAUSE FLOODING ACROSS THE AREA. 



  RADAR INDICATES THAT 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN      

  OVER THE WARNED AREA. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE 

  THROUGH 830 PM CST.



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

  INCLUDE MULBERRY...FORT SMITH...HACKETT...GREENWOOD...BARLING...

  LAVACA...MIDLAND...BURNVILLE...EXCELSIOR...BONANZA...JENNY LIND...

  BLOOMER...MOUNTAINBURG...VAN BUREN...ALMA...CEDARVILLE...NATURAL

  DAM...CHESTER...DYER...FIGURE FIVE...RUDY AND LEE CREEK.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER MAY BE TOO DEEP TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY.

VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO

HIGHER GROUND.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. IT IS

IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR

CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS SHOULD AVOID

CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS.



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