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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

607 PM CDT SAT AUG 9 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN HASKELL COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA



* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT



* AT 604 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES

  NORTH OF ENTERPRISE TO 5 MILES SOUTH OF MCCURTAIN...MOVING         

  SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. RADAR INDICATES THAT 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN    

  HAS ALREADY FALLEN. ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE         

  THROUGH 1000 PM CDT.



* LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN          

  INCLUDE...WHITEFIELD AND STIGLER.  THE SANS BOIS CREEK WILL LIKELY 

  EXPERIENCING FLOODING AS MUCH OF THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS FALLEN  

  ACROSS THIS BASIN.



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.



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. 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.



LAT...LON 3508 9531 3510 9535 3517 9536 3517 9543

      3518 9545 3533 9539 3530 9530 3527 9525

      3527 9522 3529 9520 3523 9491 3521 9491

      3521 9493 3506 9495



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