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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

910 AM CDT SAT AUG 30 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR

  SOUTHWEST TULSA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA



* UNTIL 100 PM CDT



* AT 900 AM CDT MINOR FLOODING WAS REPORTED ALONG CREEKS AND STREAMS 

FLOWING INTO THE ARKANSAS RIVER. DUCK CREEK ALONG HIGHWAY 75 WAS 

BEGINNING TO OVERFLOW ITS BANKS AND FLOOD LOW LYING FARMLAND. RADAR 

AND SPOTTER REPORTS INDICATE THAT UP TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY 

FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA THIS MORNING. ALTHOUGH THE HEAVY 

RAINFALL HAS TAPERED OFF...RUNOFF FROM THIS MORNINGS RAINS WILL 

CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS AND MAY OVERRUN ROADWAYS NEAR 

CREEKS AND STREAM BEDS. 



* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY MINOR CREEK AND 

STREAM FLOODING INCLUDE BIXBY...JENKS AND GLENPOOL.



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR IS

OCCURRING. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS...CREEKS AND DRAINAGE

DITCHES SHOULD BE READY TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION IF FLOODING IS

OBSERVED. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER BY FOOT OR BY

AUTO...YOU MAY BE SWEPT AWAY BY THE STRONG CURRENT. 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.



LAT...LON 3609 9603 3586 9603 3586 9587 3609 9586



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