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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

840 PM CDT SUN APR 7 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR

  SOUTHERN MUSKOGEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA

  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

  SOUTHERN MCINTOSH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA

  PITTSBURG COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA

  PUSHMATAHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA



* UNTIL 130 AM CDT



* RAINFALL OF 2.5 TO 5.0 INCHES HAS OCCURRED THROUGHOUT THE WARNED 

AREA.  RAIN WILL CONTINUE IN THE WARNING AREA...GRADUALLY 

DIMINISHING FROM WEST TO EAST.  AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN 

WILL LIKELY FALL IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA BY MIDNIGHT.  THE MOST 

SERIOUS FLOODING WILL BE IN THE AREAS AROUND ANTLERS... 

CLAYTON...WILBURTON AND POTEAU WHERE RAINFALL HAS ALREADY BEEN NEAR 

5 INCHES.



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 3387 9545 3395 9561 3388 9577 3395 9594

          3417 9599 3417 9578 3460 9569 3469 9609

          3505 9608 3526 9597 3563 9506 3566 9449

          3452 9448 3451 9504 3395 9515

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