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ARC131-OKC077-079-127-190600-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

831 PM CST MON MAR 18 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR

  LATIMER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA

  LE FLORE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA

  PUSHMATAHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA

  SEBASTIAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS



* UNTIL 1200 AM CST



* AT 831 PM CST RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAIN WITH      

  EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS OVER MUCH OF SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WEST    

  CENTRAL ARKANSAS. THIS ACTIVITY IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.



  RADAR INDICATES THAT 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN      

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

  THROUGH 1200 AM CST.



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

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

  DAMON...RED OAK...POTEAU...BIG CEDAR...MUSE...WHITESBORO...

  TALIHINA...HEAVENER...FANSHAWE...HOWE...WISTER...CAMERON...

  PANAMA...BOKOSHE...SPIRO...POCOLA...ARKOMA...ANTLERS...CLAYTON...

  RATTAN...CLOUDY...MOYERS...KOSOMA...SNOW...NASHOBA...STANLEY...

  TUSKAHOMA...KIAMICHI...ALBION...OLETA...KELLOND...DUNBAR...FORT

  SMITH...HARTFORD...HACKETT...GREENWOOD...BARLING...LAVACA...

  HUNTINGTON...MIDLAND...WASHBURN...BURNVILLE...EXCELSIOR...

  MANSFIELD...BONANZA...JENNY LIND AND BLOOMER.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND

STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES...AS WELL AS FARMLAND

ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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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