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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

833 PM CDT FRI JUL 2 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR

  NORTHERN LE FLORE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA

  SEBASTIAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS



* UNTIL 230 AM CDT



* AT 833 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN   

  ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM JUST NORTHEAST OF BLOOMER TO           

  BOKOSHE. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN

  LEFLORE AND SEBASTION COUNTIES THROUGH MIDNIGHT.  RADAR INDICATES

  THAT PORTIONS OF THIS AREA ALREADY RECEIVED 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN

  EARLIER TODAY. PLACES THAT RECIEVED HEAVY RAIN EARLIER WILL BE

  MOST VULNERABLE TO FLOODING. 



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

  INCLUDE POTEAU...CAMERON...PANAMA...BOKOSHE...SPIRO...POCOLA...

  ARKOMA...HACKETT...GREENWOOD...BARLING...LAVACA...BURNVILLE...

  EXCELSIOR...BONANZA...FT CHAFFEE...JENNY LIND AND BLOOMER.



DO NOT...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 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 3498 9483 3526 9481 3538 9437 3542 9409

          3518 9405



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