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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

825 AM CST THU MAR 4 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR

  NOWATA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA

  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA



* UNTIL 1200 PM CST



* AT 820 AM CST RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN   

ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM JUST NORTH OF BARTLESVILLE TO SOUTH 

COFFEYVILLE...MOVING SLOWLY NORTHEAST.  FLOODING WAS REPORTED JUST 

EAST OF WANN ON HIGHWAY 10...WHERE WATER WAS OVER THE ROAD.  RADAR 

ESTIMATES THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER PARTS OF NOWATA 

AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES...WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHS POSSIBLE 

OVER THROUGH 11 AM. 



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

  INCLUDE DEWEY...COPAN...DELAWARE...LENAPAH...WANN AND BARTLESVILLE.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD TO 

UNKNOWN DEPTHS. REMEMBER...MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN 

AUTOMOBILES.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND

STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES IN THE WARNED AREA. ADDITIONALLY 

...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS 

AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



LAT...LON 3661 9601 3682 9543 3700 9544 3700 9600



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