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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

819 PM CDT WED JUN 27 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CHOCTAW COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA

  PUSHMATAHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA



* UNTIL 1115 PM CDT



* AT 818 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN

  AREA OF HEAVY RAIN 3 MILES NORTH OF HUGO...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH. 

  UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN IN THAT AREA TODAY.      

  ANOTHER 2 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 1115 PM CDT.



* LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN

  INCLUDE...FORT TOWSON...KENT...MESSER...ANTLERS...RATTAN...OLETA...

  KELLOND...MOYERS...KOSOMA...CLOUDY...SNOW...DUNBAR...NASHOBA...

  STANLEY...CLAYTON...TUSKAHOMA...KIAMICHI AND ALBION.



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.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT AT NIGHT TO TELL HOW

MUCH WATER IS ON THE ROADS. IT ONLY TAKES TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER

TO CARRY AWAY MOST SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUPS. MOTORISTS

SHOULD NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. TAKE A DIFFERENT

ROUTE TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION OR WAIT UNTIL THE WATER RECEDES.



LAT...LON 3395 9557 3389 9570 3393 9592 3415 9595

      3418 9576 3451 9576 3449 9567 3459 9565

      3459 9553 3468 9551 3468 9494 3468 9494

      3453 9496 3450 9505 3425 9507 3423 9515

      3395 9518 3397 9523 3388 9529 3388 9546



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