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WGUS54 KTSA 222358

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OKC001-021-101-111-145-230400-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

656 PM CDT THU APR 22 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR

  CHEROKEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA

  MUSKOGEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA

  ADAIR COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA

  OKMULGEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA

  WAGONER COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA



* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT



* AT 656 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN   

  ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM OKMULGEE COUNTY TO CHEROKEE COUNTY...

  MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. RADAR INDICATES THAT TWO TO THREE      

  INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER PORTIONS OF THE             

  WARNED  AREA. ANOTHER TWO INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE WILL BE POSSIBLE  

  THROUGH 1100 PM CDT.



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

  INCLUDE MARIETTA...WILSON...PUMPKIN CENTER...KEEFETON...WOODALL...

  STILWELL...BUNCH...BARON...CHRISTIE...PROCTOR...OAKS...OKMULGEE...

  DEWAR...HOFFMAN...GRAYSON...SCHULTER...MORRIS...PRESTON...BALD

  HILL...TAHLEQUAH...COOKSON...HULBERT...ELDON...PEGGS...SCRAPER...

  WAGONER...TULLAHASSEE...PORTER...OKAY...STONEBLUFF...MUSKOGEE...

  PORUM...WARNER...OKTAHA...BOYNTON...BRAGGS...TAFT...FORT GIBSON...

  HASKELL AND WEBBERS FALLS.



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.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND

STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND

FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING

AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



LAT...LON 3608 9537 3608 9511 3617 9511 3617 9468

          3585 9453 3565 9473 3565 9513 3550 9510

          3537 9523 3557 9534 3555 9581 3544 9588

          3548 9609 3567 9619



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