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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

122 PM CDT TUE MAR 18 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 715 PM CDT



* AT 120 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN OVER NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...MOVING   

NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. RADAR INDICATES THAT 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

ALREADY FALLEN OVER CHOCTAW AND PUSHMATAHA COUNTIES...AND ANOTHER 1 TO 

3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 715 PM THIS EVENING.



* LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN   

INCLUDE...ALL OF CHOCTAW AND PUSHMATAHA COUNTIES. 



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. REMEMBER...MOST FLOOD RELATED 

DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.



WHEN WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY REMEMBER...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN. 



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR IS

OCCURRING. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS...CREEKS AND DRAINAGE

DITCHES SHOULD BE READY TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION IF FLOODING IS

OBSERVED. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER BY FOOT OR BY 

AUTO...YOU MAY BE SWEPT AWAY BY THE STRONG CURRENT. 



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN TULSA.



LAT...LON 3388 9554 3393 9557 3387 9585 3394 9594

      3416 9597 3417 9579 3452 9578 3452 9567

      3459 9565 3459 9553 3469 9551 3469 9494

      3468 9493 3451 9494 3450 9505 3425 9505

      3424 9514 3395 9516 3397 9523 3387 9534

TIME...MOT...LOC 1818Z 207DEG 48KT 3355 9590



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