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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

347 AM CDT SUN SEP 9 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS

  SEBASTIAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS



* UNTIL 645 AM CDT



* AT 343 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES

  SOUTHEAST OF DYER TO HACKETT...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. RADAR        

  INDICATES THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN. ANOTHER   

  1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 645 AM CDT.



* LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN

  INCLUDE...HARTFORD...MIDLAND...EXCELSIOR...BLOOMER...GREENWOOD...

  MANSFIELD...HUNTINGTON...BURNVILLE AND WASHBURN.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT AT NIGHT TO TELL HOW

MUCH WATER IS ON THE ROADS. IT ONLY TAKES TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER

TO CARRY AWAY MOST SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUPS. MOTORISTS

SHOULD NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. TAKE A DIFFERENT 

ROUTE TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION OR WAIT UNTIL THE WATER RECEDES. 

TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3553 9406 3552 9445 3494 9443 3497 9424

      3509 9424 3517 9408



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