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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

220 AM CDT FRI MAY 17 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR

  WAGONER COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA



* UNTIL 500 AM CDT



* AT 220 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN

  ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TULLAHASSEE TO 4

  MILES NORTH OF WAGONER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH. RADAR INDICATES 

  THAT 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA.     

  ANOTHER 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 500 AM CDT.



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

  INCLUDE WAGONER...TULLAHASSEE...PORTER...STONEBLUFF AND COWETA.



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.



LAT...LON 3585 9575 3608 9560 3607 9524 3582 9537

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