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OKC061-135-200515-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

918 PM CDT SAT APR 19 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR

  SEQUOYAH COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA

  HASKELL COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA



* UNTIL 1215 AM CDT



* AT 918 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN 7

  MILES NORTHEAST OF STIGLER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

  FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN THE STIGLER AREA AT 9 PM. RADAR INDICATES

  THAT 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE WARNED 

  AREA. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH MIDNIGHT CDT.



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

  INCLUDE STIGLER...KINTA...ENTERPRISE...WHITEFIELD...TAMAHA...

  SALLISAW...GANS...MULDROW...ROLAND...VIAN...BRUSHY AND MARBLE CITY.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD TO

UNKNOWN DEPTHS. IT ONLY TAKES TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER TO CARRY AWAY

MOST SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUPS. TAKE A DIFFERENT ROUTE TO

REACH YOUR DESTINATION OR WAIT UNTIL THE WATER RECEDES. REMEMBER...

MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.



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.



LAT...LON 3523 9542 3507 9522 3531 9483 3541 9444

          3563 9451 3566 9475

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