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WGUS54 KTSA 242149

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OKC021-242345-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

446 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CHEROKEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA



* UNTIL 645 PM CDT



* AT 440 PM CDT...STORM SPOTTERS REPORTED FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS

  WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...COVERING MUCH OF CHEROKEE COUNTY.  THESE    

  STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.



* LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN

  INCLUDE...TAHLEQUAH...COOKSON...ELDON AND MUCH OF CHEROKEE COUNTY.



RADAR INDICATES THAT 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER 

THE WARNED AREA. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 645 

PM CDT.



FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN TAHLEQUAH AT 440 PM.  



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

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

AUTOMOBILES.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR IS

OCCURRING. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS...CREEKS AND DRAINAGE

DITCHES SHOULD BE READY TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION IF FLOODING IS 

OBSERVED. 



LAT...LON 3616 9510 3583 9517 3565 9511 3565 9482

      3615 9481



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