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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

157 AM CDT WED MAY 29 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR

  MADISON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS



* UNTIL 600 AM CDT



* AT 155 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN

  ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES WEST OF KINGSTON TO 16 MILES

  SOUTH OF PETTIGREW...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH.



  RADAR INDICATES THAT 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN

  OVER THE WARNED AREA. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE

  THROUGH 600 AM CDT.  THIS WILL CAUSE RAPID RISES IN CREEKS AND

  DRAINAGE DITCHES AND RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS.



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

  INCLUDE PETTIGREW...AURORA...KINGSTON...BOSTON...WITTER AND MARBLE.



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 3629 9371 3578 9374 3577 9355 3608 9343

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