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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

738 AM CDT FRI JUN 29 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR

  SOUTHERN ROGERS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA

  WAGONER COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA



* UNTIL 930 AM CDT



* AT 736 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN 

  MOVING ACROSS WAGONER AND SOUTHERN ROGERS COUNTIES. MOVEMENT WAS

  SOUTH AT 15 MPH. MAJOR STREET FLOODING FLOODING WAS REPORTED ON 

  SOUTHWEST BOULEVARD IN INOLA AND ON LONE STAR ROAD EAST OF COWETA.



  RADAR INDICATES THAT 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN 

  OVER THE WARNED AREA. ANOTHER INCH OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE

  THROUGH 930 AM CDT.



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

  INCLUDE ONETA...COWETA...STONEBLUFF...PORTER...TULLAHASSEE...

  TIAWAH...VERDIGRIS...INOLA AND CLAREMORE.



ALTHOUGH HEAVY RAIN HAS DIMINISHED SOMEWHAT OVER THE PAST FEW 

HOURS...EXCESSIVE OVERNIGHT RAINS WILL STILL CAUSE MAJOR FLOODING 

PROBLEMS IN INOLA AND ACROSS PARTS OF WAGONER COUNTY NORTH OF 

HIGHWAY 51. THE INOLA POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS REPORTED MAJOR STREET 

FLOODING IN THE CITY OF INOLA AND ALSO ACROSS HIGHWAY 88 BETWEEN 

INOLA AND CLAREMORE. ADDITIONAL RAINS THROUGH 9 AM WILL AGGRAVATE 

THE FLOODING IN THESE AREAS.



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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