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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

512 AM CDT SAT SEP 8 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  OSAGE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA

  PAWNEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA



* UNTIL 915 AM CDT



* AT 506 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 25 MILES

  WEST OF PAWNEE TO 21 MILES SOUTH OF MARAMEC...MOVING NORTHEAST     

  AT 20 MPH. RADAR INDICATES THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN  

  ACROSS THE WARNED AREA SINCE MIDNIGHT. THE HEAVY RAINFALL THAT IS  

  APPROACHING FROM THE SOUTHWEST WILL AFFECT THE WARNED AREA FOR     

  SEVERAL HOURS AND RESULT IN AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN.   

  FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY AS THIS HEAVY RAINFALL OCCURS ON ALREADY  

  SATURATED SOILS.



* LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN

  INCLUDE...HALLETT...SKEDEE...BLACKBURN...RALSTON...WESTPORT...

  CLEVELAND...OSAGE...FAIRFAX...BURBANK...HOMINY...SHIDLER...

  WYNONA...AVANT...GRAINOLA...FORAKER...PAWHUSKA...BARNSDALL...

  PEARSONIA...OKESA...BIGHEART AND HULAH.



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. 

TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3699 9675 3680 9674 3667 9705 3639 9700

      3618 9681 3620 9603 3698 9603



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