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OKC061-079-135-250030-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

533 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SEQUOYAH COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA

  HASKELL COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA

  LE FLORE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA



* UNTIL 730 PM CDT



* AT 527 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES

  NORTHWEST OF ROLAND TO 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MCCURTAIN...MOVING

  EAST AT 25 MPH.



* LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN

  INCLUDE...ROLAND...PANAMA...SPIRO...POTEAU...POCOLA AND CAMERON.



RADAR INDICATES THAT TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN 

OVER PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA. ANOTHER TWO INCHES WILL BE 

POSSIBLE THROUGH 730 PM CDT.



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...INCLUDING 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 3560 9497 3508 9518 3503 9444 3551 9452



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