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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

721 PM CDT SUN JUN 29 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR

  EXTREME SOUTHWEST ROGERS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA

  TULSA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA



* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT



* AT 721 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN

  CONTINUING TO REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY OVER PARTS OF EASTERN       

  AND SOUTHERN TULSA COUNTY AND FAR SOUTHWEST ROGERS COUNTY. RADAR

  ESTIMATES SHOW THAT UP TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN NEAR 

  AND JUST WEST OF CATOOSA AND AROUND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN

  IN PARTS OF SOUTHERN TULSA COUNTY BETWEEN BIXBY AND GLENPOOL.

  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO AN INCH MAY OCCUR BEFORE

  THE THUNDERSTORMS DISSIPATE AROUND SUNSET.       



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

  INCLUDE CATOOSA...VERDIGRIS...TULSA...BIXBY...JENKS AND BROKEN

  ARROW.



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 3614 9597 3586 9601 3585 9580 3633 9563



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