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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

234 PM CDT MON APR 8 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

  LE FLORE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA



* UNTIL 600 PM CDT



* AT 234 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN

  ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 2 MILES WEST OF CEDARVILLE TO 3 MILES

  NORTH OF BOKOSHE TO 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF TALIHINA...MOVING         

  NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. RADAR INDICATES THAT AROUND AN INCH OF RAIN   

  HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES     

  WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 600 PM CDT.



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

  INCLUDE GANS...MULDROW...ROLAND...BRUSHY...SHORT...MOFFETT...

  POTEAU...BIG CEDAR...MUSE...WHITESBORO...TALIHINA...HEAVENER...

  FANSHAWE...HOWE...WISTER...CAMERON...PANAMA...BOKOSHE...SPIRO...

  POCOLA...ARKOMA...MOUNTAINBURG...VAN BUREN...ALMA...CEDARVILLE...

  NATURAL DAM...CHESTER...DYER...FIGURE FIVE...RUDY AND LEE CREEK.



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 3562 9476 3517 9485 3465 9510 3454 9450

          3539 9445 3544 9410 3577 9407

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