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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

938 PM CDT TUE APR 16 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR

  NORTHERN PUSHMATAHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA



* UNTIL 1145 PM CDT



* AT 938 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN 

ACROSS NORTHERN PUSHMATAHA COUNTY...EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES WEST OF 

DUNBAR TO ALBION. RADAR INDICATES THAT 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

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

POSSIBLE THROUGH 1145 PM CDT. 



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

  INCLUDE CLAYTON...STANLEY...TUSKAHOMA...KIAMICHI...ALBION AND

  DUNBAR.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS 

IMMINENT. 



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 3451 9578 3440 9578 3459 9497 3470 9506

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