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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

514 PM CDT SUN APR 7 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR

  SEQUOYAH COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA

  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



* UNTIL 900 PM CDT



* AT 513 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS 

  WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING ACROSS A LARGE PART OF SOUTHEAST 

  OKLAHOMA. THE HEAVIEST RAINS AT 513 PM WERE LOCATED ACROSS 

  SEQUOYAH...HASKELL...AND LATIMER COUNTIES WHERE 2 TO 4 INCHES OF 

  RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN IN THE PAST 24 HOURS. MOVEMENT OF THE 

  ACTIVITY WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 

  INCHES OF RAIN IS EXPECTED THROUGH 900 PM.



  ANOTHER CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS MOVING 

  NORTHEAST FROM TEXAS INTO EXTREME SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA. VERY INTENSE 

  RAINFALL RATES OF 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL AFFECT THE HUGO AND 

  ANTLERS AREAS THROUGH 7 PM...WHICH WILL LIKELY RUN OFF AND CAUSE 

  FLASH FLOODING. THIS ACTIVITY WAS ALSO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.



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

  RAIN INCLUDE MCALESTER...STIGLER...SALLISAW...WILBURTON... 

  POTEAU...PAGE...CLAYTON. ..ANTLERS...AND HUGO.



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.



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.



LAT...LON 3513 9608 3454 9581 3388 9581 3396 9519

          3448 9500 3452 9446 3565 9448 3561 9506

          3533 9518

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