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OKC077-301230-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

1228 AM CST SAT DEC 30 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LATIMER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA



* UNTIL 630 AM CST



* AT 1219 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR

  INDICATED MORE HEAVY RAIN MOVING INTO LATIMER COUNTY.

  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AND OKLAHOMA MESONET DATA           

  INDICATES THAT 2.5 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN

  IN PORTIONS OF LATIMER COUNTY. ANOTHER ONE TO TWO INCHES 

  WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 630 AM CST. SMALL STREAMS AND LOW

  AREAS WILL BE PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE TO FLOODING OVERNIGHT. 



* LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN

  INCLUDE...HIGGINS...BENGAL...DAMON...WILBURTON AND RED OAK.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS OVERNIGHT. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT AT NIGHT TO 

TELL HOW MUCH WATER IS ON THE ROADS.



WHEN WATER COVERS THE ROAD REMEMBER...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN.

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.



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. 



LAT...LON 3468 9552 3469 9505 3487 9505 3486 9500

      3495 9500 3495 9492 3507 9493 3507 9536

      3504 9535 3504 9551



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