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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

753 PM CDT WED JUL 4 2007



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BENTON AR-

753 PM CDT WED JUL 4 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM CDT FOR

NORTHEASTERN BENTON COUNTY...



AT 748 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN

AREA OF HEAVY RAIN 4 MILES SOUTH OF PEA RIDGE.  THE STORM PRODUCING 

THE HEAVY RAINFALL WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. RADAR INDICATES THAT 3 TO 

4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN. ANOTHER INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE 

THROUGH 945 PM CDT.



SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN 

INCLUDE GARFIELD AND GATEWAY.  ADDITIONALLY...PREVIOUS HEAVY RAINS

MAY HAVE LED TO FLOODING THAT IS CURRENTLY ONGOING...ESPECIALLY

ALONG LITTLE SUGAR CREEK.



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

UNKNOWN DEPTHS. TAKE A DIFFERENT ROUTE TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION OR 

WAIT UNTIL THE WATER RECEDES. REMEMBER...MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS 

OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.



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 VEHICLES AWAY.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN TULSA.



LAT...LON 3630 9415 3638 9390 3649 9393 3649 9423



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