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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

850 AM CDT TUE MAY 28 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR

  TULSA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA



* UNTIL 1145 AM CDT



* AT 847 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY

  HEAVY RAIN OVER MUCH OF THE CITY OF TULSA. MOVEMENT WAS SLOWLY TO

  THE NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. RADAR INDICATES THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF   

  RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER PARTS OF THE TULSA METROPOLITAN

  AREA...AND ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BEFORE THE RAIN

  DIMINISHES. 



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

  RAIN INCLUDE TULSA...SAND SPRINGS...BIXBY...JENKS...GLENPOOL AND

  BROKEN ARROW.



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.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND

STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND

FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING

AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



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 3588 9604 3588 9578 3620 9579 3629 9602

          3617 9617 3609 9628 3609 9602

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