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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

230 AM CDT MON JUN 30 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR

  NOWATA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA



* UNTIL 700 AM CDT



* AT 230 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN

  ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 60 MILES WEST OF DELAWARE TO 3 MILES

  NORTHEAST OF LENAPAH...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. RADAR INDICATES THAT 

  3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER NORTHERN NOWATA      

  COUNTY. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 700 AM CDT.



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

  INCLUDE DELAWARE AND LENAPAH.



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 3672 9580 3673 9543 3700 9543 3696 9580



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