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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

620 PM CDT FRI AUG 23 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR

  OTTAWA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA



* UNTIL 915 PM CDT



* AT 619 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN  

  OVER NORTHERN AND EASTERN OTTAWA COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE

  MOVING SLOWLY TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. RADAR INDICATES THAT 2 

  TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA. 

  ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 915 PM CDT.



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

  RAIN INCLUDE COMMERCE...QUAPAW...CARDIN AND PICHER.



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.



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 3708 9484 3696 9501 3682 9475 3690 9463

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