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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

1006 PM CDT TUE MAY 7 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR

  NORTHERN NOWATA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA



* UNTIL 200 AM CDT



* AT 1006 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN  

  ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF NOWATA COUNTY. THESE STORMS AREA       

  MOVING SLOWLY EAST AT 20 MPH. RADAR INDICATES THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES   

  OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. ANOTHER 1 TO 2  

  INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 200 AM CDT.



  SOME MINOR URBAN FLOODING WAS REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT          

  OFFICIALS IN SOUTH COFFEYVILLE AT 955 PM. HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE 

  FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS...AND THIS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO FLASH  

  FLOODING. 



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

  INCLUDE LENAPAH AND WANN.



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. IT IS

IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR

CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS SHOULD AVOID

CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS.



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