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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

715 AM CST TUE MAR 19 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR

  CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS

  CHOCTAW COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA

  LATIMER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA

  LE FLORE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA

  PUSHMATAHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA

  FRANKLIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS

  SEBASTIAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS



* UNTIL 1100 AM CST



* RADAR INDICATED ANOTHER AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WAS MOVING OUT OF       

  NORTHERN TEXAS EARLY THIS MORNING THAT WILL MOVE ACROSS            

  SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS DURING THE REMAINDER  

  OF THE MORNING.  RAINFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES HAVE ALREADY     

  FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...AND ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN THIS     

  MORNING WILL ONLY AGGRAVATE THE FLOODING SITUATION.  NUMEROUS      

  ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA ARE ALREADY       

  FLOODED AND THE ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL PROLONG THE FLOODING.





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.



IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS... 

RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS 

SHOULD AVOID CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING 

RAINS.



LAT...LON 3577 9444 3538 9444 3510 9484 3502 9547

          3459 9552 3397 9595 3396 9517 3450 9502

          3452 9449 3493 9445 3537 9377 3577 9369

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