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OKC021-020145-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

557 PM CDT THU MAY 1 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR

  CHEROKEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA



* UNTIL 845 PM CDT



* AT 552 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN

  OVER CHEROKEE COUNTY...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. RADAR INDICATES 

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

  ANOTHER 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 845 PM CDT. THE CITIES OF

  TAHLEQUAH AND HULBERT WILL BE THE MOST AFFECTED BY THIS HEAVY      

  RAINFALL.  



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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.



LAT...LON 3615 9510 3581 9513 3567 9482 3619 9482

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