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OKC121-031830-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

1123 AM CDT SUN AUG 3 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR

  PITTSBURG COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA



* UNTIL 130 PM CDT



* AT 1123 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN  

  OVER A LARGE PART OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL PITTSBURG COUNTY...MOVING

  MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. RADAR INDICATES THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES OF

  RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 I     

  INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 130 PM CDT.



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

  INCLUDE MCALESTER...KIOWA...BLANCO...ASHLAND...SAVANNA...

  HARTSHORNE...HAYWOOD...ALDERSON...KREBS...SCIPIO...BLOCKER...

  CROWDER...INDIANOLA AND CANADIAN.



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 3528 9550 3508 9605 3472 9609 3461 9585

          3461 9551



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