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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

628 PM CST SAT FEB 16 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  PUSHMATAHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA



* UNTIL 1030 PM CST



* AT 625 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING ACROSS MUCH OF PUSHMATAHA 

  COUNTY.  ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHWARD FROM NORTH 

  CENTRAL TEXAS...AND WILL BRING ADDITIONAL RAINS TO THE WARNED AREA 

  THROUGH THE EVENING.  MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WAS NORTHEAST  

  AT 45 MPH. RADAR INDICATES THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY  

  FALLEN. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 

  1030 PM CST.



* LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN

  INCLUDE...NASHOBA AND CLOUDY.



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.



HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS RAPIDLY...SO DO NOT DRIVE

YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER OF AN UNKNOWN DEPTH COVERS THE

ROAD. 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.



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 3417 9577 3460 9554 3460 9552 3467 9550

      3467 9493 3420 9516

TIME...MOT...LOC 0028Z 217DEG 24KT 3471 9513 3424 9534



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