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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

823 PM CDT SAT JUL 5 2008



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MADISON AR-

823 PM CDT SAT JUL 5 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 AM CDT FOR

MADISON COUNTY...



AT 821 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES

NORTH OF CLIFTY TO 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SAINT PAUL.  THE STORMS

PRODUCING THE HEAVY RAINFALL WERE NEARLY STATIONARY. RADAR INDICATES 

THAT 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN. ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES 

WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 1245 AM CDT.



AT 820 PM...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED WATER UP TO ONE FOOT IN DEPTH 

ACROSS HIGHWAY 412 NEAR GLADE CREEK...WHICH IS BETWEEN HINDSVILLE 

AND HARTWELL.  



SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN

INCLUDE CLIFTY...SAINT PAUL...JAPTON...HINDSVILLE AND WESLEY.



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR IS

OCCURRING. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO

STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS.

CAMPERS SHOULD AVOID CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING

THREATENING RAINS.



LAT...LON 3577 9351 3578 9390 3610 9394 3623 9388

      3624 9386 3631 9386 3631 9366 3628 9366

      3626 9361 3620 9361 3583 9351 3582 9350



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