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WGUS54 KTSA 030858

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OKC023-127-031500-

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

258 AM CST MON MAR 3 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CHOCTAW COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA

  PUSHMATAHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA



* UNTIL 900 AM CST



* AT 254 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES

  SOUTHWEST OF NASHOBA TO 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BOSWELL...MOVING      

  NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. RADAR INDICATES THAT 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS     

  ALREADY FALLEN. ANOTHER 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 900 AM   

  CST.



* LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN

  INCLUDE...CLAYTON...TUSKAHOMA...KIAMICHI...SOPER...ALBION...

  GOODLAND...KENT...HUGO...MESSER...SAWYER...OLETA...CLOUDY...RATTAN

  AND FORT TOWSON.



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.



LAT...LON 3393 9557 3387 9584 3394 9596 3417 9597

      3418 9580 3453 9578 3453 9569 3459 9567

      3459 9553 3469 9551 3469 9494 3468 9493

      3450 9494 3448 9503 3425 9503 3422 9512

      3393 9516 3385 9545

TIME...MOT...LOC 0858Z 243DEG 5KT 3445 9528 3400 9595



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