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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

328 AM CDT WED MAY 28 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  OSAGE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA



* UNTIL 930 AM CDT



* AT 321 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF SHIDLER...MOVING

  EAST AT 13 MPH. RADAR INDICATES THAT 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS        

  ALREADY FALLEN. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 930 

  AM CDT. DUE TO THE RECENT HEAVY RAINS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...IT  

  WILL NOT TAKE MUCH RAIN TO LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING.



* LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN

  INCLUDE...BURBANK...FAIRFAX...FORAKER...PEARSONIA...PAWHUSKA...

  BIGHEART...WYNONA...OKESA...HULAH...BARNSDALL AND AVANT.



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.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT AT NIGHT TO TELL HOW 

MUCH WATER IS ON THE ROADS. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER 

OF UNKNOWN DEPTH.



LAT...LON 3700 9601 3636 9601 3653 9672 3656 9675

      3655 9681 3657 9690 3660 9691 3658 9697

      3660 9706 3670 9707 3671 9705 3670 9694

      3676 9689 3676 9683 3679 9676 3700 9674

TIME...MOT...LOC 0828Z 290DEG 12KT 3683 9668



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