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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

854 PM CDT WED APR 9 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS

  NORTHERN SEBASTIAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS



* UNTIL 100 AM CDT



* AT 852 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF CRAWFORD AND NORTHERN

  SEBASTIAN COUNTIES...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. RADAR INDICATES 

  THAT 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN. ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES 

  WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 100 AM CDT.



* LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN

  INCLUDE...FORT SMITH...CEDARVILLE...RUDY...NATURAL DAM...

  DYER...LEE CREEK...MOUNTAINBURG AND CHESTER.



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.



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 3560 9407 3560 9408 3557 9407 3534 9408

      3527 9444 3542 9445 3547 9444 3548 9446

      3575 9449 3576 9406

TIME...MOT...LOC 0154Z 224DEG 40KT 3546 9426



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