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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

426 AM CST SUN DEC 16 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR

  CHOCTAW COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA

  LATIMER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA

  PUSHMATAHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA



* UNTIL 700 AM CST



* AT 426 AM CST...RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAIN WITH 

  EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING ACROSS MUCH OF FAR SOUTHEAST 

  OKLAHOMA. THIS AREA OF RAIN IS MOVING SLOWLY TO THE NORTHEAST. 

  ADDITIONAL SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY OVER NORTH TEXAS CONTINUES 

  TO DEVELOP AND MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA. THIS WILL CAUSE ADDITIONAL 

  HEAVY RAINFALL ON GROUND THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN SATURATED. THESE SHOWERS 

  AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING...AND ANY 

  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL ONLY AGGRAVATE ANY FLOODING PROBLEMS THAT 

  ARE ALREADY OCCURRING. 



  RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WERE COMMON ACROSS 

  THE AREA...WHICH IS SUFFICIENT TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING. ANOTHER 1 TO 2

  INCHES OF RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 700 AM. 



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

  INCLUDE VETERANS COLONY...WILBURTON...YANUSH...HIGGINS...BENGAL...

  DAMON...RED OAK...HUGO...GOODLAND...SAWYER...FORT TOWSON...SOPER...

  MESSER...KENT...ANTLERS...CLAYTON...RATTAN...CLOUDY...MOYERS...

  KOSOMA...SNOW...NASHOBA...STANLEY...TUSKAHOMA...KIAMICHI...

  ALBION...OLETA...KELLOND AND DUNBAR.



THE HEAVY RAINS HAVE ALREADY CAUSED SOME ROADS TO BECOME IMPASSABLE 

IN PARTS OF CHOCTAW COUNTY THIS MORNING.



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.



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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