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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

631 PM CST SUN DEC 16 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR

  CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS

  MADISON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS

  FRANKLIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS



* UNTIL 1030 PM CST



* AT 631 PM CST RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAIN WITH 

  EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS COVERING MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA. ADDITIONAL

  HEAVY RAIN TO THE SOUTHWEST WILL ALSO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA OVER

  THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. 



  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

  1030 PM CST.



  AT 625 PM...FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN GREEN FOREST WITH SOME ROADS 

  BEING CLOSED. IN ADDITION...WATER IS BEGINNING TO RISE QUICKLY IN 

  PARTS OF FRANKLIN COUNTY WITH MANY CULVERTS ALREADY FULL OF WATER. 



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

  INCLUDE OAK GROVE...OZARK...BRANCH...DENNING...ALTUS...CASS...

  WIEDERKEHR VILLAGE...BERRYVILLE...EUREKA SPRINGS...OSAGE...GREEN

  FOREST...RUDD...CARROLLTON...RULE...URBANETTE...GRANDVIEW...

  BEAVER...HUNTSVILLE...ST PAUL...PETTIGREW...AURORA...KINGSTON...

  HINDSVILLE...FORUM...BOSTON...WITTER...JAPTON...MARBLE AND CLIFTY.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY

IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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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