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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

731 PM CDT SUN APR 7 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR

  CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS

  MADISON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS

  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS



* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT



* RADAR AND RAIN GAUGE REPORTS INDICATE THAT UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN

  HAS FALLEN SO FAR IN PARTS OF CARROLL...MADISON AND WASHINGTON     

  COUNTIES WHICH HAS SATURATED THE GROUND.  ADDITIONAL RAIN AND

  THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST INTO THE EARLY NIGHTTIME HOURS AND THIS

  WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS...CREEKS...LOW-LYING STREETS 

  AND POORLY DRAINED AREAS.  



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

  RAIN INCLUDE BERRYVILLE...EUREKA SPRINGS...GREEN FOREST...

  HUNTSVILLE...ST PAUL...PETTIGREW...AURORA...WESLEY...

  KINGSTON...FAYETTEVILLE...WINSLOW...WEST FORK 

  FARMINGTON AND STRICKLER.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS

IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT

ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS

THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL

ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.



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 3617 9330 3614 9347 3608 9344 3597 9344

          3589 9352 3578 9352 3578 9368 3579 9449

          3621 9411 3624 9400 3624 9386 3649 9385

          3649 9330

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