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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

846 AM CDT SAT JUN 23 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MAYES COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA

  EASTERN ROGERS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA



* UNTIL 245 PM CDT



* AT 843 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM CHELSEA

  TO 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF INOLA...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH. RADAR        

  INDICATES THAT 4 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS     

  CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ROGERS COUNTY...WITH 2 TO 3 INCHES ACROSS    

  FAR WESTERN MAYES COUNTY. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE   

  THROUGH NOON. SIGNIFICANT FLOODING HAS ALREADY OCCURRED WITH       

  SEVERAL ROADS CLOSED OR FLOODED. THE FLOODING MAY CONTINUE SEVERAL 

  HOURS AFTER THE HEAVY RAIN HAS STOPPED.



* LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN          

  INCLUDE...CHOUTEAU...PRYOR...ADAIR...LOCUST GROVE AND SALINA

  CLAREMORE...TIAWAH AND INOLA.



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 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.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN TULSA.



LAT...LON 3638 9561 3608 9556 3609 9514 3651 9517

      3651 9533 3661 9532 3660 9551



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