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OKC077-121-127-021345-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

442 AM CDT MON JUL 2 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LATIMER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA

  PITTSBURG COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA

  PUSHMATAHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA



* UNTIL 845 AM CDT



* AT 439 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN STRETCHING FROM      

  WESTERN PUSHMATAHA COUNTY INTO EASTERN PITTSBURG AND WESTERN       

  LATIMER COUNTIES...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. RADAR INDICATES THAT 1  

  TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN IN A FEW LOCATIONS. ANOTHER 

  1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 845 AM CDT.



* LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN

  INCLUDE...YANUSH...BLANCO...HIGGINS...SAVANNA...BENGAL...DAMON...

  ALDERSON...KREBS...MCALESTER...WILBURTON...RED OAK...BLOCKER...

  CROWDER...QUINTON...INDIANOLA AND CANADIAN.



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.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND

STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND

FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING

AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



LAT...LON 3419 9576 3427 9505 3503 9508 3506 9534

      3515 9535 3516 9546 3525 9554 3514 9595

      3461 9586 3459 9567 3452 9567 3451 9578



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