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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

1058 AM CST TUE MAR 19 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR

  CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS

  CHOCTAW COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA

  LATIMER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA

  LE FLORE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA

  PITTSBURG COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA

  PUSHMATAHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA

  FRANKLIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS

  SEBASTIAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS



* UNTIL 400 PM CST



* AT 1058 AM CST...RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY      

  RAIN OVER SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS...MOVING    

  NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN NUMEROUS        

  LOCATIONS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...WITH SEVERAL ROADS CLOSED DUE   

  TO HIGH WATER. THIS FLOODING WILL CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON      

  HOURS. 



  RADAR AND SURFACE REPORTS INDICATE THAT 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS  

  ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA. ANOTHER INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE 

  THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON...WITH ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL EXPECTED  

  TO DEVELOP AND MOVE INTO THE AREA BY EARLY EVENING.



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

  FLOODING INCLUDE ALL OF SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WEST CENTRAL        

  ARKANSAS.



ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL THAT OCCURS THIS AFTERNOON WILL FALL ON 

ALREADY SATURATED GROUND. THIS WILL CAUSE ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING 

ACROSS THE AREA...AND CAUSE ONGOING FLOODING PROBLEMS TO WORSEN. 

HEAVY RAINFALL IS AGAIN EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND 

THIS EVENING. ANY HEAVY PRECIPITATION WILL CAUSE DANGEROUS FLASH 

FLOODING TO DEVELOP. 



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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