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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

1016 AM CDT FRI JUL 2 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR

  SEQUOYAH COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA

  CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS

  LE FLORE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA

  SEBASTIAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS



* UNTIL 200 PM CDT



* AT 1016 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN

  ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM VAN BUREN TO 14 MILES WEST OF PANAMA...

  MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. RADAR INDICATES THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES     

  OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA. ANOTHER 2 INCHES  

  WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 200 PM CDT.



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

  INCLUDE SALLISAW...GANS...MULDROW...ROLAND...VIAN...BRUSHY...

  SHORT...MARBLE CITY...MOFFETT...POTEAU...CAMERON...PANAMA...

  SPIRO...POCOLA...ARKOMA...FORT SMITH...HACKETT...GREENWOOD...

  BARLING...EXCELSIOR...BONANZA...JENNY LIND...VAN BUREN AND FIGURE

  FIVE.



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 3564 9443 3562 9506 3499 9466 3523 9414



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