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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

521 AM CDT MON MAY 7 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ROGERS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA

  TULSA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA

  WESTERN WAGONER COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA



* UNTIL 1115 AM CDT



* AT 517 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN COVERING MUCH OF THE WARNED          

  AREA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. RADAR INDICATES THAT AROUND 2

  INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN IN SOME PLACES. ANOTHER 1 TO

  2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN SOME PLACES THROUGH 1115 AM.



* LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN

  INCLUDE...ONETA...BROKEN ARROW...TULSA...CATOOSA...INOLA...

  VERDIGRIS...OWASSO...SPERRY...TIAWAH...CLAREMORE...COLLINSVILLE...

  OOLOGAH...FOYIL...TALALA AND CHELSEA.



HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS RAPIDLY...SO DO NOT DRIVE

YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER OF AN UNKNOWN DEPTH COVERS THE 

ROAD. 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.



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. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER BY FOOT OR BY

AUTO...YOU MAY BE SWEPT AWAY BY THE STRONG CURRENT. 



LAT...LON 3587 9603 3586 9552 3616 9548 3659 9544

      3661 9580 3645 9582 3642 9599



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