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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

355 PM 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

  PITTSBURG COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA

  PUSHMATAHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA

  FRANKLIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS

  SEBASTIAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS



* UNTIL 1000 PM CST



* AT 355 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAIN 

  WITH A FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS OVER MUCH OF SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA  

  AND WESTERN ARKANSAS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. IN ADDITION...A 

  FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...PRODUCING      

  TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WERE MOVING NORTHEAST TOWARD THE WARNED AREA.  

  WIDESPREAD FLOODING HAS ALREADY OCCURRED. 1 TO 2 INCHES OF         

  RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE   

  FROM MCALESTER OKLAHOMA TO HUNTSVILLE ARKANSAS. 2 TO 3 INCHES OF   

  RAINFALL...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...IS EXPECTED TO FALL ALONG 

  AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM CLAYTON OKLAHOMA TO FORT SMITH ARKANSAS   

  THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. 



  RADAR AND SURFACE REPORTS INDICATE THAT WIDESPREAD RAINFALL TOTALS 

  SINCE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ACROSS THE WARNED       

  AREA...WITH SOME AREAS APPROACHING 7 INCHES. ANY ADDITIONAL        

  RAINFALL WILL ONLY CAUSE ONGOING FLOODING TO WORSEN. TAKE          

  APPROPRIATE ACTIONS TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM THE DANGERS OF RISING 

  WATER. RESIDENTS ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WEST CENTRAL        

  ARKANSAS SHOULD CAREFULLY MONITOR WEATHER AND FLOODING CONDITIONS  

  TONIGHT. SIGNIFICANT FLOODING HAS ALREADY OCCURRED IN PARTS OF     

  SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...WITH ADDITIONAL TORRENTIAL RAINFALL OVER THE  

  NEXT FEW HOURS THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING...DANGEROUS SITUATION 



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

  INCLUDE ALL WARNED AREAS IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WEST CENTRAL    

  ARKANSAS.



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. 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.



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