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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

256 AM CDT THU APR 10 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHEASTERN HASKELL COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA

  LATIMER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA

  LE FLORE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA



* UNTIL 700 AM CDT



* AT 252 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA...MOVING 

NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE BY 4 

AM. RADAR INDICATES THAT 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN. 

ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 700 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.



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 3451 9494 3469 9493 3469 9552 3504 9550

      3504 9535 3511 9532 3536 9477 3535 9469

      3528 9467 3533 9460 3529 9446 3451 9446

TIME...MOT...LOC 0756Z 218DEG 38KT 3584 9424



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