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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

1256 AM CDT THU MAY 31 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR

  PUSHMATAHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA



* UNTIL 400 AM CDT



* AT 1256 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH     

  TORRENTIAL RAIN OVER MUCH OF PUSHMATAHA COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS

  WERE MOVING SLOWLY TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.



  RADAR INDICATES THAT 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN      

  OVER THE WARNED AREA. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE       

  THROUGH 400 AM CDT.



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

  INCLUDE DUNBAR...KELLOND...STANLEY...NASHOBA...SNOW...KOSOMA...

  MOYERS...CLOUDY...RATTAN...CLAYTON AND ANTLERS.



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. IT IS

IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR

CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS SHOULD AVOID

CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS.



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