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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

627 PM CDT SUN APR 7 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR

  CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS

  FRANKLIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS

  SEBASTIAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS



* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT



* AT 625 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN

  CONTINUING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS 

  WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE LOCATED ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND 

  WILL MOVE NORTHEAST INTO WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS THIS EVENING. ALL 

  OF THE SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 

  MPH.



  1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS MOST OF 

  CRAWFORD...FRANKLIN...AND SEBASTIAN COUNTIES OVER THE PAST 24 

  HOURS. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED IN

  THESE COUNTIES THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. MUCH OF THIS RAIN WILL 

  RUN OFF AND WILL LIKELY PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING. 



  FLOODING HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED NEAR INDUSTRIAL PARK IN VAN 

  BUREN AND ALONG HIGHWAY 59 IN CRAWFORD COUNTY. 



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

  RAIN AND FLOODING INCLUDE FORT SMITH...GREENWOOD...VAN BUREN... 

  OZARK AND MULBERRY. 



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.



LAT...LON 3577 9449 3496 9446 3535 9374 3578 9369

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