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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

1243 AM CDT SUN JUL 6 2008



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CARROLL AR-BENTON AR-

1243 AM CDT SUN JUL 6 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 AM CDT FOR

NORTHEASTERN BENTON AND NORTHWESTERN CARROLL COUNTIES...



AT 1238 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT MOST OF THE HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA WITH ONLY VERY

LIGHT RAIN REMAINING. RUNOFF FROM THE EARLIER HEAVY RAIN HAS CLOSED 

ROADS AND CAUSED SOME MOTORISTS TO BECOME STRANDED. MOTORISTS ARE 

URGED TO NOT TO CONSIDER TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY SECONDARY ROADS 

UNTIL FLOOD WATERS RECEDE



LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS INDICATE THAT CONDITIONS ARE STARTING TO 

IMPROVE BUT IT WILL BE ANOTHER HOUR OR TWO BEFORE THE FLOOD WATER 

RECEDE. 



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.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT AT NIGHT TO TELL HOW

MUCH WATER IS ON THE ROADS. IT ONLY TAKES TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER

TO CARRY AWAY MOST SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUPS. MOTORISTS

SHOULD NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. TAKE A DIFFERENT

ROUTE TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION OR WAIT UNTIL THE WATER RECEDES.



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 3631 9374 3631 9386 3634 9398 3649 9406

      3650 9405 3650 9395 3650 9394 3650 9378



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