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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

214 PM CDT TUE MAR 18 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SEQUOYAH COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA

  CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS

  CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS

  MADISON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS

  HASKELL COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA

  LATIMER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA

  LE FLORE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA

  FRANKLIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS

  SEBASTIAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS



* UNTIL 815 PM CDT



* AT 210 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA

  AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. RADAR 

  INDICATES THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS

  PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA. ANOTHER 2 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE 

  POSSIBLE THROUGH 815 PM CDT.



* THE HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY AFFECT A LARGE PORTION OF THE WARNED

  AREA. NUMEROUS ROADS ARE ALREADY FLOODED WITH SEVERAL ROADS

  CLOSED.   



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 3613 9329 3612 9346 3577 9352 3576 9368

      3539 9370 3508 9425 3497 9423 3492 9444

      3452 9446 3450 9493 3469 9494 3469 9551

      3503 9551 3504 9535 3529 9546 3536 9514

      3564 9512 3576 9396 3649 9386 3649 9330

TIME...MOT...LOC 1914Z 225DEG 30KT 3505 9480



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