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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

704 PM CST TUE MAR 19 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR

  SEQUOYAH COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA

  HASKELL COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA



* UNTIL 1000 PM CST



* AT 704 PM CST RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAIN WITH      

  EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS HASKELL AND SEQUOYAH                 

  COUNTIES...MOVING MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. FLOODING WAS         

  REPORTED ON COUNTY ROADS IN HASKELL COUNTY AT 700 PM CST.



  RADAR INDICATES THAT 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER 

  THE WARNED AREA. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH    

  1000 PM CST.



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

  INCLUDE STIGLER...LEQUIRE...KINTA...MC CURTAIN...ENTERPRISE...

  WHITEFIELD...KEOTA...TAMAHA...SALLISAW...GANS...MULDROW...ROLAND...

  VIAN...BRUSHY...SHORT...MARBLE CITY AND MOFFETT.



THIS IS A DANGEROUS FLASH FLOOD SITUATION STREAMS AND CREEKS ARE 

OUT OF THEIR BANKS. SIGNIFICANT FLOODING HAS OCCURRED THIS EVENING 

IN PARTS OF SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA. 



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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