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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

450 AM CDT TUE MAR 18 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CHEROKEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA

  MUSKOGEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA

  OKFUSKEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA

  ADAIR COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA

  DELAWARE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA

  MAYES COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA

  OKMULGEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA

  WAGONER COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA

  BENTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS

  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS

  MCINTOSH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA

  PITTSBURG COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA



* UNTIL 1045 AM CDT



* AT 448 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THE HEAVY    

  RAIN IS LIKELY TO CONTINUE FOR THE AT LEAST THE NEXT SEVERAL       

  HOURS.  RADAR INDICATES THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY    

  FALLEN ACROSS PARTS OF THE WARNED AREA. ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL 

  BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 1045 AM CDT.



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 3649 9461 3650 9387 3649 9386 3577 9395

      3565 9512 3536 9514 3529 9546 3504 9535

      3460 9552 3468 9608 3529 9597 3539 9662

      3563 9661 3585 9582 3617 9576 3608 9545

      3651 9543 3652 9502 3667 9499 3667 9463

TIME...MOT...LOC 0950Z 237DEG 28KT 3550 9597



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