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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

431 AM CDT SUN SEP 9 2007



ARC033-131-091145-

SEBASTIAN AR-CRAWFORD AR-

431 AM CDT SUN SEP 9 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 AM CDT FOR

SOUTHERN CRAWFORD AND SEBASTIAN COUNTIES...



AT 428 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN EXTENDING FROM VAN BUREN TO GREENWOOD 

TO MANSFIELD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. RADAR INDICATES THAT FOUR 

TO SIX INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE 

WARNED AREA. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 645 AM 

CDT.



WIDSPREAD STREET FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN VAN BUREN AND IN FORT 

SMITH WITH SOME VEHICLES STRANDED IN HIGH WATER. FLOODING IS ALSO 

LIKELY ELSEWHERE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.



SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN

INCLUDE FIGURE FIVE...DYER...ALMA...VAN BUREN...BLOOMER...JENNY

LIND...BONANZA...LAVACA...BARLING...GREENWOOD AND FORT SMITH.



WHEN WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY REMEMBER...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN. 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.



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

      3509 9424 3517 9408



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