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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

842 AM CDT MON JUL 2 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LATIMER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA

  PUSHMATAHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA



* UNTIL 1145 AM CDT



* AT 842 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN 6 MILES WEST OF HIGGINS. THE STORM

  PRODUCING THE HEAVY RAINFALL WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. RADAR INDICATES

  THAT 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN...ESPECIALLY IN      

  LOCATIONS BETWEEN SNOW AND NASHOBA IN PUSHMATAHA COUNTY. 

  ANOTHER 2 TO 4 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 1145 AM CDT.



* LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN

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



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.



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

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS

FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES TWO FEET OF

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



LAT...LON 3418 9578 3427 9505 3503 9508 3506 9534

      3505 9533 3504 9541 3505 9548 3491 9551

      3459 9551 3459 9567 3452 9567 3451 9578



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