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OKC001-021-101-242300-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

700 AM CDT SAT APR 24 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A



* FLOOD WARNING FOR

  CHEROKEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA

  NORTHEAST MUSKOGEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA

  ADAIR COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA



* UNTIL 600 PM CDT



* AT 615 AM CDT RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW AREAS OF LIGHT RAIN OVER     

  PORTIONS OF EAST-CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.    

  OKLAHOMA MESONET OBSERVATIONS INDICATE THAT 3 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN  

  HAS OCCURRED IN THE LAST 48 HOURS ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. SEVERAL 

  ROADS ARE EITHER FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE. SHOWERS WITH A FEW        

  EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS MAY REDEVELOP LATER THIS MORNING AND        

  AFTERNOON FURTHER COMPOUNDING THE FLOODING PROBLEM.  



* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY FLOODING

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

  STILWELL...BUNCH...BARON...CHRISTIE...PROCTOR...WESTVILLE...

  WATTS...OAKS...TAHLEQUAH...COOKSON...HULBERT...ELDON...SCRAPER...

  MUSKOGEE...WARNER...BRAGGS...FORT GIBSON 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.



LAT...LON 3565 9448 3565 9513 3551 9517 3546 9533

          3581 9540 3582 9517 3592 9529 3617 9487

          3617 9456



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