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WGUS54 KTSA 031832

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OKC121-031930-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

133 PM CDT SUN AUG 3 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR

  PITTSBURG COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA



* UNTIL 230 PM CDT



* AT 129 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN   

  WEST OF A LINE FROM INDIANOLA TO HARTSHORNE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT  

  30 MPH. RADAR INDICATES THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY     

  FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA. ANOTHER INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE         

  THROUGH 230 PM CDT.



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

  INCLUDE MCALESTER...KIOWA...BLANCO...SAVANNA...HARTSHORNE...

  HAYWOOD...ALDERSON...KREBS AND SCIPIO.



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 3518 9587 3506 9610 3470 9605 3461 9585

          3464 9555 3504 9553



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