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WGUS74 KTSA 131900

FFSTSA



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

100 PM CST SAT JAN 13 2007



ARC033-047-131-132215-

SEBASTIAN AR-CRAWFORD AR-FRANKLIN AR-

100 PM CST SAT JAN 13 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM CST FOR

FRANKLIN...CRAWFORD AND SEBASTIAN COUNTIES...



AT 1255 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN 

AREA OF HEAVY RAIN MOVING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...EXTENDING 

GENERALLY NORTHEAST OF A FORT SMITH TO FORT CHAFFEE LINE. ANOTHER 

AREA OF MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAIN OVER SOUTHEASTERN 

OKLAHOMA WILL MOVE INTO THE WARNED AREA BY 2 PM AND CONTINUE THROUGH 

4 PM. ANOTHER ONE TO ONE AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE IN 

THE WARNED AREA THROUGH 4 PM.



FLOODING AND SOME ROAD CLOSURES HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN PORTIONS OF 

SEBASTIAN AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES. ADDITIONAL MODERATE TO HEAVY 

RAINFALL WILL RESULT IN WORSENING FLOOD PROBLEMS WITH ADDITIONAL 

FLOODING LIKELY.



SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN

INCLUDE RUDY...FIGURE FIVE...DYER...CHESTER...CEDARVILLE...ALMA...

MOUNTAINBURG...WIEDERKEHR VILLAGE...CASS...FERN...ALTUS...MULBERRY

AND OZARK.



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS...WHICH 

ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL 

ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES TWO FEET 

OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY AWAY MOST AUTOMOBILES...INCLUDING 

SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUPS. REMEMBER...TURN AROUND...DONT 

DROWN.



LAT...LON 3560 9445 3495 9437 3541 9371 3579 9372



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