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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

928 PM CDT SUN APR 7 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR

  BENTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS

  CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS

  CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS

  MADISON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS

  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS

  FRANKLIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS

  SEBASTIAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS



* UNTIL 315 AM CDT



* A SERIOUS FLASH FLOOD SITUATION IS DEVELOPING ACROSS PARTS OF 

NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.  



THROUGH 9PM RAINFALL HAS TOTALED 2 TO 4 INCHES ACROSS A WIDE PORTION 

OF THE WARNED AREA.  FLASH FLOODING WAS UNDERWAY IN SEBASTIAN COUNTY 

WHERE SEVERAL FORT SMITH STREETS WHERE COVERED IN WATER AND A BRIDGE 

NEAR LAVACA WAS FLOODED.



AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED BEFORE THE RAIN 

ENDS.  THE RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MIDNIGHT AND THEN BEGIN TO 

DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST.



SERIOUS FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY FROM THE FORT SMITH... GREENWOOD 

AND LAVACA AREAS ON NORTHEAST ACROSS VAN BUREN AND MOUNTAINBURG TO 

AROUND HUNTSVILLE...FAYETTEVILLE...WAR EAGLE...EUREKA SPRINGS...AND 

BERRYVILLE.



IN ADDITION...WIDESPREAD FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS IS EXPECTED 

THROUGHOUT THE WARNED AREA.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS TONIGHT AS IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS AFTER DARK. 



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

MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN 

AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



LAT...LON 3599 9344 3577 9369 3538 9370 3541 9380

          3533 9380 3532 9391 3523 9391 3523 9403

          3494 9443 3541 9443 3649 9460 3649 9329

          3613 9329 3613 9346

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