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OKC021-301100-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

315 AM CDT WED MAY 30 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR

  CHEROKEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA



* UNTIL 600 AM CDT



* AT 315 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH 

VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS CHEROKEE COUNTY...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.



  RADAR INDICATES THAT 1 INCH OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE 

WARNED AREA. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 600 AM 

CDT.



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

  INCLUDE SCRAPER...PEGGS...ELDON...HULBERT...COOKSON...TAHLEQUAH AND

  OAKS.



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.



LAT...LON 3607 9521 3565 9511 3566 9481 3618 9483

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