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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

446 AM CDT FRI MAY 17 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR

  BENTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS



* UNTIL 800 AM CDT



* AT 446 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN

  ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES EAST OF DECATUR TO 3 MILES WEST

  OF GARFIELD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. RADAR INDICATES THAT 1   

  TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA.       

  ANOTHER 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 800 AM CDT.



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

  INCLUDE BENTONVILLE...GRAVETTE...PEA RIDGE...GATEWAY...DECATUR...

  HIWASSE...BELLA VISTA AND GARFIELD.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

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

IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



LAT...LON 3632 9457 3638 9387 3650 9386 3649 9454

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