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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

230 AM CDT WED MAY 30 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR

  MUSKOGEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA



* UNTIL 530 AM CDT



* AT 230 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN

  ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF FORT GIBSON TO 6

  MILES SOUTH OF BOYNTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.



  RADAR INDICATES THAT AROUND INCH OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER   

  FAR NORTHWESTERN MUSKOGEE COUNTY. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL       

  BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 530 AM CDT ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 



* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY THE HEAVY RAIN

  INCLUDE HASKELL...FORT GIBSON...TAFT...BRAGGS...BOYNTON...

  KEEFETON...OKTAHA AND MUSKOGEE.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY

IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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.



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