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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

945 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

  CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS

  MADISON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS

  CHOCTAW COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA

  HASKELL 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 400 AM CST



* AT 945 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WITH 

  A FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS OVER MOST OF SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND   

  WESTERN ARKANSAS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. WIDESPREAD FLOODING 

  HAS ALREADY OCCURRED. ANOTHER INCH OF RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE    

  THIS THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE     

  FROM MCALESTER OKLAHOMA TO HUNTSVILLE ARKANSAS.  



  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. THIS IS A 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.



$$



MANNING



LAT...LON 3388 9596 3392 9512 3451 9501 3452 9445

          3491 9441 3541 9367 3609 9344 3633 9369

          3629 9384 3577 9396 3576 9447 3563 9454

          3562 9510 3540 9508 3510 9604 3473 9606

          3455 9574 3418 9594

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