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OKC111-200045-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

439 PM CDT SUN AUG 19 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  OKMULGEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA



* UNTIL 745 PM CDT



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

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN 2 MILES SOUTH OF OKMULGEE. THE STORM 

  PRODUCING THE HEAVY RAINFALL WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. A COMBINATION  

  OF MEASURED AND ESTIMATED RAINFALL INDICATES THAT 4 TO 6 INCHES OF 

  RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN. ANOTHER 2 TO 4 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE    

  THROUGH 745 PM CDT.



* LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN          

  INCLUDE...OKMULGEE...BALD HILL...BEGGS...PRESTON...HENRYETTA AND 

MORRIS.



OKMULGEE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT HAS REPORTED THAT BOTH NORTH BOUND AND 

SOUTH BOUND LANES OF HIGHWAY 75 HAVE BEEN CLOSED IN OKMULGEE...AND 

THAT VEHICLES HAVE BEEN STRANDED ALONG HIGHWAY 75 BETWEEN OKMULGEE 

AND HENRYETTA.

 

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.



WHEN WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY REMEMBER...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN. 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 3571 9619 3556 9618 3556 9607 3539 9608

      3539 9588 3546 9588 3555 9581 3559 9571

      3585 9576 3586 9594



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