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WGUS54 KTSA 192135

FFWTUL

ARC131-200130-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

433 PM CDT SAT JUN 19 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR

  SEBASTIAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS



* UNTIL 830 PM CDT



* AT 430 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN   

  OVER MUCH OF SEBASTIAN COUNTY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.        

  FLOODING WAS REPORTED WITHIN THE CITY OF FORT SMITH BY THE POLICE  

  DEPARTMENT. RADAR INDICATES THAT 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY      

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

  POSSIBLE THROUGH 830 PM CDT.



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

  INCLUDE HARTFORD...HACKETT...GREENWOOD...BARLING...LAVACA...

  HUNTINGTON...MIDLAND...BURNVILLE...EXCELSIOR...FT CHAFFEE...JENNY

  LIND AND BLOOMER.



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR IS

OCCURRING. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS...CREEKS AND DRAINAGE

DITCHES SHOULD BE READY TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION IF FLOODING IS

OBSERVED. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER BY FOOT OR BY

AUTO...YOU MAY BE SWEPT AWAY BY THE STRONG CURRENT. 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.



LAT...LON 3509 9456 3497 9440 3527 9397 3545 9418



$$

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000 

WGUS54 KTSA 192135

FFWTUL

ARC131-200130-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

433 PM CDT SAT JUN 19 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR

  SEBASTIAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS



* UNTIL 830 PM CDT



* AT 430 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN   

  OVER MUCH OF SEBASTIAN COUNTY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.        

  FLOODING WAS REPORTED WITHIN THE CITY OF FORT SMITH BY THE POLICE  

  DEPARTMENT. RADAR INDICATES THAT 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY      

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

  POSSIBLE THROUGH 830 PM CDT.



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

  INCLUDE HARTFORD...HACKETT...GREENWOOD...BARLING...LAVACA...

  HUNTINGTON...MIDLAND...BURNVILLE...EXCELSIOR...FT CHAFFEE...JENNY

  LIND AND BLOOMER.



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR IS

OCCURRING. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS...CREEKS AND DRAINAGE

DITCHES SHOULD BE READY TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION IF FLOODING IS

OBSERVED. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER BY FOOT OR BY

AUTO...YOU MAY BE SWEPT AWAY BY THE STRONG CURRENT. 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.



LAT...LON 3509 9456 3497 9440 3527 9397 3545 9418



$$

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