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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
948 PM CDT THU MAR 14 2024
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN ARKANSAS...
NORTHWESTERN SEBASTIAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS...
* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT.
* AT 948 PM CDT, BROADCAST MEDIA REPORTED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN IN FORT SMITH. BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
FALLEN. FLOODING IMPACTS WILL CONTINUE, BUT NO ADDITIONAL RAINFALL
IS EXPECTED. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...BROADCAST MEDIA REPORTED.
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.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
LAT...LON 3549 9432 3533 9430 3526 9444 3539 9443
3542 9444
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
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