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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

Flash Flood Warning

National Weather Service Tulsa OK

659 PM CDT Thu Mar 14 2024



The National Weather Service in Tulsa has issued a



* Flash Flood Warning for...

  Southwestern Crawford County in northwestern Arkansas...

  Northwestern Sebastian County in west central Arkansas...



* Until 1000 PM CDT.



* At 659 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 

  heavy rain across the warned area, with additional thunderstorms 

  expected to move into the area this evening. Between 1 and 2 

  inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 0.5 to 

  1.5 inches are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is 

  ongoing or expected to begin shortly.



  HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.



  SOURCE...Radar.



  IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban

           areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as

           other poor drainage and low-lying areas.



* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...

  Fort Smith...                      Van Buren...

  Barling...                         Arkoma...

  Fort Smith Regional Airport...     Mill Creek...



This includes the following highways...

	Interstate 540 between mile markers 1 and 14.

	Interstate 40 in Arkansas between mile markers 4 and 6.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood 

deaths occur in vehicles.



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LAT...LON 3549 9432 3533 9430 3526 9444 3539 9443

      3542 9444



FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED



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