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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

1151 PM CST MON MAR 18 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR

  LE FLORE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA

  SEBASTIAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS



* UNTIL 130 AM CST



* AT 1151 PM CST RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAIN WITH A   

  FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS OVER MOST OF LE FLORE AND SEBASTIAN     

  COUNTIES. THIS ACTIVITY WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.



  RADAR AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATE THAT BETWEEN 1.5 AND 2.5   

  INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA OVER THE PAST 3     

  HOURS. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 130 AM CST.



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

  INCLUDE POTEAU...HEAVENER...WISTER...CAMERON...PANAMA...SPIRO...   

  POCOLA...HARTFORD...GREENWOOD AND FORT SMITH.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND

STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND

FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING

AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



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 3520 9494 3471 9504 3454 9491 3453 9449

          3490 9442 3515 9415 3542 9413

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