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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

431 PM CDT FRI MAY 11 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR

  MUSKOGEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA



* UNTIL 630 PM CDT



* AT 431 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN  

  OVER MUCH OF MUSKOGEE COUNTY. FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN

  SINCE AROUND 330 PM AND AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES MAY FALL LATE

  THIS AFTERNOON.



  

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS

IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT

ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS

THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL

ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER MAY BE TOO DEEP TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY.

VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO

HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3579 9569 3558 9555 3557 9520 3579 9520

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