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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

929 PM CDT SAT JUL 5 2008



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BENTON AR-

929 PM CDT SAT JUL 5 2008



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

SOUTHEASTERN BENTON COUNTY...



AT 925 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 16 MILES

NORTH OF WAR EAGLE TO 6 MILES EAST OF WAR EAGLE...MOVING EAST AT 6 

MPH. RADAR INDICATES THAT 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN. 

ANOTHER INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 130 AM CDT.



THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO SHIFT EAST 

AND NORTH OF THE SOUTHEASTERN BENTON COUNTY...HOWEVER THE PREVIOUS 

HEAVY RAINS WILL CONTINUE THE RISK OF FLASH FLOODING.



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. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS...CREEKS AND DRAINAGE

DITCHES SHOULD BE READY TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION IF FLOODING IS

OBSERVED. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER BY FOOT OR BY

AUTO...YOU MAY BE SWEPT AWAY BY THE STRONG CURRENT. 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.



LAT...LON 3624 9393 3634 9398 3636 9397 3636 9396

      3636 9391 3637 9391 3637 9386 3624 9387



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