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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

1251 AM CDT MON APR 8 2002



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

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

   315 AM CDT...



...FLOODING CONTINUES ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHWEST ARKANSAS...



AT 1250 AM...MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINS CONTINUE TO FALL ACROSS ALL OF 

NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED 

THE HEAVIEST RAINS FALLING ACROSS CARROLL...MADISON...FRANKLIN AND 

SOUTHERN SEBASTIAN COUNTIES. ALL OF THE RAINS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST 

AT 30 MPH.



BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SO FAR ACROSS THE FLASH 

FLOOD WARNING AREA. NUMEROUS COUNTY ROADS AND LOW-WATER CROSSINGS 

HAVE BEEN FLOODED IN SEBASTIAN...CRAWFORD...FRANKLIN...WASHINGTON... 

CARROLL AND MADISON COUNTIES. AT 1230 AM...THE FRANKLIN COUNTY 

OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES REPORTED WATER OVER MANY ROADS IN 

FRANKLIN COUNTY AROUND OZARK. 



THE RAIN WAS DIMINISHING QUICKLY ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...AND THE 

DIMINISHING TREND WILL SPREAD INTO WESTERN ARKANSAS BY 2 AM. ANOTHER 

ONE HALF TO ONE INCH OF RAIN COULD FALL BETWEEN 1 AM AND 315 AM 

BEFORE THE RAINS END.



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.

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