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OKC121-051100-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

1255 AM CDT WED JUN 5 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR

  PITTSBURG COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA



* UNTIL 600 AM CDT



* AT 1253 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH  

  VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER NORTHERN PITTSBURG COUNTY...MOVING NORTHEAST  

  AT 20 MPH. RADAR INDICATES THAT 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY  

  FALLEN OVER THE NORTHERN PITTSBURG COUNTY.  ANOTHER 2 INCHES WILL  

  BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 600 AM CDT.



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

  INCLUDE MCALESTER...HARTSHORNE...ALDERSON...KREBS...BLOCKER...

  CROWDER...INDIANOLA AND CANADIAN.



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 3486 9588 3480 9553 3532 9532 3515 9586

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