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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

240 PM CST TUE MAR 19 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR

  MADISON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS



* UNTIL 800 PM CST



* AT 240 PM CST...RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF HEAVY RAIN OVER MUCH    

  OF MADISON COUNTY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. ANOTHER AREA OF    

  VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA WILL ALSO MOVE INTO    

  THE WARNED AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON.



  RADAR INDICATES THAT 3 TO 5 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 HUNTSVILLE...ST PAUL...PETTIGREW...AURORA...WESLEY...

  KINGSTON...HINDSVILLE...FORUM...BOSTON...WITTER...JAPTON...MARBLE

  AND CLIFTY.



AT 230 PM CST...THE MADISON COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTS THAT SOME 

LOW WATER CROSSINGS ARE EXPERIENCING RISING WATER NEAR ST PAUL.



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.



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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