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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

835 AM CDT TUE MAR 18 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SEQUOYAH COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA

  CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS

  CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS

  MADISON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS

  HASKELL COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA

  LATIMER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA

  LE FLORE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA

  FRANKLIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS

  SEBASTIAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS



* UNTIL 230 PM CDT



* AT 835 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA...MOVING

NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. RADAR INDICATES THAT 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS

ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE AREA. ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES 

WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 230 PM CDT.



* LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN

  INCLUDE...FORT CHAFFEE...FORT SMITH...CHARLESTON...VAN BUREN...

  BRANCH...ALMA...MULBERRY...NATURAL DAM...ALTUS...LEE CREEK...OZARK...

  WIEDERKEHR VILLAGE...MOUNTAINBURG...WESLEY...WITTER...AURORA...

  HUNTSVILLE...HINDSVILLE...KINGSTON...FORUM...MARBLE...CLIFTY...

  RUDD...OSAGE...RULE...EUREKA SPRINGS...CARROLLTON...BERRYVILLE...

  GREEN FOREST AND OAK GROVE.



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.



LAT...LON 3613 9329 3612 9346 3577 9352 3576 9368

      3539 9370 3508 9425 3497 9423 3492 9444

      3452 9446 3450 9493 3469 9494 3469 9551

      3503 9551 3504 9535 3529 9546 3536 9514

      3564 9512 3576 9396 3649 9386 3649 9330

TIME...MOT...LOC 1335Z 206DEG 47KT 3524 9418



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