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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

755 PM CDT SUN APR 7 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR FRANKLIN...CRAWFORD AND

   SEBASTIAN COUNTIES UNTIL 1015 PM CDT...



RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS THE WARNED.  RAIN AMOUNTS SO 

FAR TODAY HAVE BEEN AROUND 2 INCHES AT MOST LOCATIONS.  THIS HAS 

SATURATED THE GROUND AND THE CONTINUED RUNOFF HAS CAUSED SOME STREET 

FLOODING IN FORT SMITH.



RADAR INDICATES THAT HEAVY RAINS WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD OVER THE 

WARNED AREA WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN LIKELY.  

SERIOUS FLOODING MAY DEVELOP THIS EVENING IN THE FORT SMITH...

VAN BUREN...MOUNTAINBURG AND OZARK AREAS.



IF YOU LIVE IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA...YOU SHOULD ALREADY BE PREPARED 

TO MOVE TO A SAFER LOCATION.  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.



LAT...LON 3565 9369 3538 9370 3541 9380 3532 9380

          3532 9391 3523 9391 3523 9403 3515 9402

          3515 9413 3508 9424 3496 9423 3493 9444

          3576 9449 3577 9369

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