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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

953 AM CDT WED SEP 3 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BENTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS

  CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS

  CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS

  MADISON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS

  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS

  NORTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS



* UNTIL 400 PM CDT



* AT 947 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING TO TRACK ACROSS MUCH OF WEST        

  CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. THE BANDS OF HEAVIEST RAIN WERE    

  MOVING NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH. RADAR INDICATES THAT 2 TO 5 INCHES OF  

  RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS PORTIONS OF WESTERN ARKANSAS.       

  ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES...WITH ISOLATE AMOUNTS UP TO 5 INCHES...WILL 

  BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 400 PM CDT.



* LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN          

  INCLUDE...WINSLOW...LEE CREEK...RUDD...HUNTSVILLE...

  HINDSVILLE...FAYETTEVILLE...EUREKA SPRINGS...SPRINGDALE...

  BENTONVILLE...SILOAM SPRINGS...AND GRAVETTE.



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.



LAT...LON 3614 9328 3612 9346 3608 9344 3585 9351

      3577 9351 3577 9369 3543 9369 3550 9444

      3649 9462 3649 9329



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