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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

911 PM CDT MON MAY 19 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR

  TULSA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA



* UNTIL MIDNIGHT 



* AT 911 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN 7

  MILES WEST OF GLENPOOL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. RADAR         

  INDICATES THAT ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER   

  FAR WESTERN TULSA COUNTY.  A LARGE PORTION OF TULSA COUNTY WILL    

  LIKELY RECIEVE ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF   

  HOURS...WHICH WILL LIKELY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING.



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

  INCLUDE TULSA...SAND SPRINGS...BIXBY...JENKS...OWASSO...GLENPOOL

  AND BROKEN ARROW.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT AT NIGHT TO TELL HOW 

MUCH WATER IS ON THE ROADS. IT ONLY TAKES TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER 

TO CARRY AWAY MOST SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUPS. MOTORISTS 

SHOULD NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. TAKE A DIFFERENT 

ROUTE TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION OR WAIT UNTIL THE WATER RECEDES.



LAT...LON 3639 9583 3598 9577 3589 9603 3608 9603

          3609 9618 3615 9620 3617 9617 3617 9601

          3627 9601

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