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WGUS54 KTSA 310954

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OKC037-111-131-143-311400-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

454 AM CDT SUN AUG 31 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR

  EASTERN CREEK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA

  NORTHWESTERN OKMULGEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA

  ROGERS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA

  TULSA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA



* UNTIL 900 AM CDT



* AT 454 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN OVER 

MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. RADAR INDICATES 

THAT BETWEEN 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVERNIGHT ON ALREADY 

SATURATED GROUND. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL WILL 

CONTINUE THIS MORNING...WITH ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE THROUGH 

900 AM CDT.



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

  INCLUDE CLAREMORE...CATOOSA...VERDIGRIS...TIAWAH...FOYIL...

  OOLOGAH...TALALA...CHELSEA...BEGGS...TULSA...SAND SPRINGS...

  BIXBY...JENKS...OWASSO...GLENPOOL...SPERRY...SKIATOOK...

  COLLINSVILLE...BROKEN ARROW...MOUNDS...KIEFER...KELLYVILLE AND

  SAPULPA.



HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS RAPIDLY...SO DO NOT DRIVE

YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER OF AN UNKNOWN DEPTH COVERS THE

ROAD. 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 3617 9545 3617 9579 3589 9578 3563 9616

          3588 9624 3618 9622 3618 9602 3645 9602

          3644 9581 3660 9582 3661 9541



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