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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

1125 PM CDT SUN APR 7 2002



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

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

   315 AM CDT...



...WIDESPREAD FLOODING IS OCCURRING IN NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL 

ARKANSAS...



AT 1120 PM RAIN CONTINUED TO FALL ACROSS ALL OF THE WARNED AREA.  

WIDESPREAD 2 TO 4 INCH AMOUNTS HAVE OCCURRED WITH RADAR DATA 

SUGGESTING THAT AMOUNTS AROUND 5 INCHES MAY HAVE FALLEN FROM THE 

NORTHSIDE OF FORT SMITH...ACROSS VAN BUREN AND INTO NORTHERN 

FRANKLIN COUNTY.



NUMEROUS COUNTY ROADS AND LOW-WATER CROSSINGS HAVE BEEN FLOODED IN 

SEBASTIAN...CRAWFORD...FRANKLIN...WASHINGTON...CARROLL AND MADISON 

COUNTIES.



JUST BEFORE 10PM NUMEROUS STREETS WERE FLOODED IN FORT SMITH AND 

VAN BUREN. 



WIRE ROAD IN FRANKLIN COUNTY NEAR FELKER TOWN WAS REPORTED TO BE 

WATER COVERED AROUND 1030 PM.



OVERALL RAINFALL RATES DECREASED BETWEEN 10 AND 11PM...HOWEVER WATER 

LEVELS WILL REMAIN SLOW TO FALL DUE TO THE ONGOING RAIN.  RUNOFF IN 

SOME OF THE HILLY AREAS WILL CAUSE SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS TO 

CONTINUE TO RISE.  PERSONS THAT LIVE ALONG FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD 

CONTINUE TO BE READY TO MOVE TO A SAFER LOCATION.  



MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN VERY ALERT AND NEVER DRIVE ONTO A FLOODED 

ROAD OR STREET.



LAT...LON 3650 9394 3649 9461 3541 9443 3493 9444

          3515 9402 3523 9403 3523 9391 3532 9391

          3532 9380 3541 9380 3538 9370 3577 9368

          3613 9329 3649 9329

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