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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

340 PM 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

  LE FLORE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA

  PUSHMATAHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA



* UNTIL 730 PM CST



* AT 330 PM CST LOCALIZED FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN SEVERAL AREAS OF 

  CHOCTAW...PUSHMATAHA AND LATIMER COUNTIES.  SIMILAR RAINFALL HAS

  ALSO OCCURRED OVER PORTIONS OF LE FLORE COUNTY WHICH MAY HAVE 

  RESULTED IN SIMILAR INCIDENTS OF LOCALIZED FLOODING THERE.   



  FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED OVER PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 109 IN CHOCTAW 

  COUNTY...HIGHWAY 82 SOUTH OF RED OAK IN LATIMER COUNTY...AND ALSO 

  IN THE ONE CREEK VALLEY AREA EAST OF FINLEY IN PUSHMATAHA COUNTY.  



  RADAR ESTIMATES AND RAINFALL REPORTS INDICATES THAT 3 TO 5 INCHES 

  OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES 

  WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 730 PM CST.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS

IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT

ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS 

THE ROADWAY. 



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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