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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

232 AM CDT FRI MAY 17 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR

  OKMULGEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA



* UNTIL 500 AM CDT



* AT 232 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN   

  ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BEGGS TO 3 MILES  

  SOUTHEAST OF BALD HILL...MOVING SLOWLY NORTHEAST. 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 OKMULGEE...PRESTON...BEGGS AND BALD HILL.



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 3560 9621 3564 9572 3587 9575 3586 9617

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