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WGUS54 KTSA 031355

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OKC111-031700-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

854 AM CDT SUN AUG 3 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR

  OKMULGEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA



* UNTIL NOON CDT



* AT 854 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN

  ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 19 MILES NORTHWEST OF BEGGS TO 5 MILES

  SOUTHWEST OF PRESTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. RADAR INDICATES 

  THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE WARNED      

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

  ADDITIONAL STORMS REDEVELOP AND MOVE ACROSS THE AREA.



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

  INCLUDE WILSON...OKMULGEE...HENRYETTA...DEWAR...HOFFMAN...

  GRAYSON...SCHULTER...MORRIS...PRESTON...BEGGS AND BALD HILL.



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 3586 9619 3586 9575 3555 9571 3555 9582

          3538 9588 3538 9609 3556 9609 3556 9618



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