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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

940 PM CDT SUN APR 7 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR CARROLL...BENTON...MADISON...

   WASHINGTON...FRANKLIN...CRAWFORD AND SEBASTIAN COUNTIES UNTIL 

   315 AM CDT...



...LIFE THREATENING FLOODING IN FORT SMITH...



AT 930 PM THE FORT SMITH POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTED MANY CARS HAVE 

BECOME STRANDED IN FLOODED STREETS IN FORT SMITH.



RAIN WILL CONTINUE IN FORT SMITH THROUGH MIDNIGHT...WITH BRIEF 

BURSTS OF HEAVY RAIN STILL EXPECTED.



FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE IN FORT SMITH THROUGH MIDNIGHT.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.  

MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS IN THIS AREA OCCUR IN VEHICLES.



VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO 

HIGHER GROUND.



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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