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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

134 PM CDT WED OCT 27 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  FRANKLIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS



* UNTIL 430 PM CDT



* AT 126 PM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGERS IN FRANKLIN COUNTY REPORTED 

FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS IN THE OZARK AREA. THE INTERSECTION OF 

HIGHWAY 64 AND 23 WAS FLOODED WITH WATER UP TO A FOOT DEEP. FLOODING 

WAS ALSO OCCURING ALONG HIGHWAY 64 BETWEEN OZARK AND THE PINE CREEK 

AREA. MULBERRY CREEK WAS OUT OF ITS BANKS AS WELL. OTHER LOW LYING 

AREAS WERE FLOODED IN AND AROUND OZARK. THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT 

CAUSED THE FLOODING ARE MOVING OUT OF THE AREA BUT ADDITIONAL 

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MAY MOVE BACK INTO THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON.



* LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN

  INCLUDE...OZARK...DENNING...ALTUS AND WIEDERKEHR VILLAGE.



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 3550 9399 3534 9390 3546 9369 3570 9393



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