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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

130 AM CST TUE MAR 19 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

  PITTSBURG COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA

  PUSHMATAHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA

  FRANKLIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS

  SEBASTIAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS



* UNTIL 530 AM CST



* AT 130 AM CST RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN AND EMBEDDED         

  THUNDERSTORMS OVER MUCH OF SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WEST CENTRAL     

  ARKANSAS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.



  RADAR AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATES THAT BETWEEN 2 AND 4      

  INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA.            

  ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN TEXAS WILL      

  CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEAST INTO THE WARNED AREA WITH AN ADDITIONAL 

  2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL POSSIBLE THROUGH 530 AM CST.



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

  RAIN INCLUDE...      

MCALESTER...WILBURTON...CLAYTON...ANTLERS...POTEAU...BIG 

CEDAR...FORT SMITH...HARTFORD AND OZARK.



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.

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