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WGUS74 KTSA 040455

FFSTSA



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

1154 PM CDT THU APR 3 2008



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CRAWFORD AR-FRANKLIN AR-

1154 PM CDT THU APR 3 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 AM CDT FOR

FRANKLIN AND SOUTHERN CRAWFORD COUNTIES...



AT 1151 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED 

AREAS OF LIGHT RAIN ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHERN CRAWFORD COUNTY. WHILE 

THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ENDED...RUNOFF FROM THE PREVIOUS HEAVY 

RAINFALL COULD RESULT IN FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS.



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.



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.



LAT...LON 3577 9369 3539 9371 3537 9407 3544 9407

      3545 9413 3543 9415 3539 9413 3536 9423

      3540 9435 3545 9437 3543 9444 3554 9446

TIME...MOT...LOC 0454Z 270DEG 41KT 3561 9228 3541 9226



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