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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

1000 PM CST MON MAR 18 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR

  CHOCTAW COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA



* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST



* AT 1000 PM CST RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAIN WITH      

  EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN CHOCTAW COUNTY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 

  30 MPH.



  RADAR INDICATES THAT AROUND AN INCH OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN     

  OVER THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL INTENSITY WILL INCREASE OVER THE    

  NEXT 1 TO 2 HOURS WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE         

  THROUGH MIDNIGHT CST.



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

  INCLUDE HUGO...GOODLAND...SAWYER...FORT TOWSON...BOSWELL...SOPER...

  MESSER AND KENT.



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.



LAT...LON 3412 9592 3389 9588 3394 9519 3416 9516

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