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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

600 AM CDT MON APR 8 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR

  MADISON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS

  FRANKLIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS



* UNTIL 1000 AM CDT



* AT 600 AM CDT...FLOODING CONTINUED ACROSS MADISON AND FRANKLIN     

  COUNTIES. RUNOFF FROM TORRENTIAL RAINFALL THAT OCCURRED ON SUNDAY  

  WAS STILL CAUSING FLOODING PROBLEMS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 



  AT 555 AM...FRANKLIN COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS STILL REPORT 

  FLOODING OF MANY COUNTY ROADS...AND STATE HIGHWAY 23 NEAR TURNERS  

  BEND IS FLOODED.



  AT 555 AM...MADISON COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED LOW  

  WATER CROSSINGS AND BRIDGES FLOODED...AND THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE    

  TOWN OF ST. PAUL REMAINS EVACUATED DUE TO FLOODING.



* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY THE HEAVY RAIN

  INCLUDE OZARK...BRANCH...DENNING...ALTUS...CASS...WIEDERKEHR

  VILLAGE...HUNTSVILLE...ST PAUL...PETTIGREW...AURORA...WESLEY...

  KINGSTON...HINDSVILLE...FORUM...BOSTON...WITTER...JAPTON...MARBLE

  AND CLIFTY.



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. IT IS

IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR

CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS SHOULD AVOID

CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS.



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