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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

1239 AM CST SUN DEC 16 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR

  CHOCTAW COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA



* UNTIL 430 AM CST



* AT 1239 AM CST...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY     

  RAIN OVER MUCH OF CHOCTAW COUNTY MOVING SLOWLY TO THE              

  NORTHEAST. FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN THE VICINITY OF HUGO.



  RADAR INDICATES THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN      

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

  THROUGH 430 AM CST.



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

  INCLUDE HUGO...GOODLAND...SAWYER...FORT TOWSON...SOPER...MESSER AND

  KENT.



DONT DRIVE VEHICLES INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY...THE 

WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. 

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

TO HIGHER GROUND. 



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.



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