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OKC077-082100-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

200 PM CDT MON APR 8 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR

  LATIMER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA



* UNTIL 400 PM CDT



* AT 200 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN 4

  MILES NORTHWEST OF RED OAK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. RADAR     

  INDICATES THAT ONE INCH OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER            

  THE WARNED AREA. ANOTHER INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 400 PM CDT.



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

  INCLUDE VETERANS COLONY...WILBURTON...HIGGINS...DAMON AND RED OAK.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS

IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT

ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS

THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL

ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3502 9548 3470 9549 3471 9507 3493 9507

          3505 9495

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