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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

515 PM CDT FRI APR 23 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR

  BENTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS



* UNTIL 915 PM CDT



* AT 515 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN

  OVER SPRINGTOWN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. RADAR INDICATES THAT 

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

  ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 915 PM CDT  

  AS SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN MOVE        

  ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD TO

UNKNOWN DEPTHS. 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 3613 9454 3627 9388 3649 9389 3648 9460



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