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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

655 PM CST SAT FEB 16 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN LATIMER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA

  LE FLORE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA



* UNTIL 1100 PM CST



* AT 651 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ALONG A LINE CONTINUING ACROSS MUCH  

  OF LATIMER AND LE FLORE COUNTIES.  ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND          

  THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE WARNED AROUND THROUGH 11 PM...AS  

  THEY MOVE NORTHEASTWARD AT 45 MPH.  RADAR INDICATES THAT 2 TO 4    

  INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN.  ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE  

  POSSIBLE THROUGH 1100 PM CST.



* LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN

  INCLUDE...FANSHAWE...MUSE...WISTER...HOWE...POTEAU...PANAMA AND

  SPIRO.



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 3469 9493 3469 9527 3505 9509 3507 9492

      3521 9486 3521 9481 3533 9478 3531 9466

      3528 9467 3531 9462 3529 9450 3451 9478

      3452 9493

TIME...MOT...LOC 0055Z 216DEG 54KT 3525 9478 3478 9499



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