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WGUS54 KTSA 052231

FFWTSA

OKC021-060230-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

530 PM CDT THU JUL 5 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CHEROKEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA



* UNTIL 930 PM CDT



* AT 528 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES

  NORTH OF ELDON TO 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TAHLEQUAH...MOVING SOUTHEAST

  AT 5 MPH. RADAR INDICATES THAT 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY   

  FALLEN. ANOTHER 2 TO 4 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 930 PM CDT.



* THE STORMS PRODUCING THE HEAVY RAINFALL WILL EFFECT                

  TAHLEQUAH...SCRAPER...AND ELDON.



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.



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. 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.



LAT...LON 3576 9481 3576 9494 3575 9495 3575 9510

      3603 9510 3611 9491 3614 9487 3616 9481



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