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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

239 AM CDT MON JUN 2 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR

  FRANKLIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS



* UNTIL 630 AM CDT



* AT 237 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN   

WERE SPREADING INTO FRANKLIN COUNTY AND WILL LAST THROUGH 4AM.  

RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE COMMON WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS AROUND 3 

INCHES LIKELY.  THIS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING ON CREEKS AND STREAMS 

AND RESULT IN PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS.



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

INCLUDE CHARLESTON AND OZARK.



HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS RAPIDLY...SO DO NOT DRIVE

YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER OF AN UNKNOWN DEPTH COVERS THE

ROAD. IT ONLY TAKES TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER TO CARRY AWAY MOST

SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUPS. TAKE A DIFFERENT ROUTE TO REACH

YOUR DESTINATION OR WAIT UNTIL THE WATER RECEDES. REMEMBER...MOST

FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.



LAT...LON 3540 9411 3524 9406 3575 9366 3575 9395

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