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FLWTSA
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
453 AM CDT FRI JUL 18 2025
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BENTON AR-WASHINGTON AR-
453 AM CDT FRI JUL 18 2025
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CDT THIS MORNING
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...A PORTION OF NORTHWEST ARKANSAS, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES, BENTON AND WASHINGTON AR.
* WHEN...UNTIL 1100 AM CDT FRIDAY.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IT WILL TAKE
SEVERAL HOURS FOR ALL THE WATER FROM THESE STORMS TO WORK THROUGH
LOCAL DRAINAGE SYSTEMS IN URBAN AREAS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 450 AM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN DUE TO
THUNDERSTORMS. FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN
SHORTLY IN THE WARNED AREA. ESTIMATES BETWEEN 2 AND 5 INCHES
AND LOCALLY HIGHER OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVERNIGHT.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
SPRINGDALE... ROGERS...
BENTONVILLE... SILOAM SPRINGS...
LOWELL... GENTRY...
TONTITOWN... CAVE SPRINGS...
HIGHFILL... SPRINGTOWN...
NORTHWEST ARKANSAS REGIONAL AIRPORT...ELM SPRINGS...
ROCKY COMFORT... HEALING SPRINGS...
VAUGHN... GALLITIN...
FAIRMOUNT... LAKE FRANCIS...
MONTE NE...
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED
ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.
LAT...LON 3611 9455 3613 9456 3616 9456 3621 9457
3623 9457 3625 9458 3626 9458 3629 9459
3635 9407 3619 9405 3609 9455 3610 9455
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