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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

617 AM CDT SUN AUG 10 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA

  NORTHEASTERN MUSKOGEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA

  NORTHWESTERN SEQUOYAH COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA

  WAGONER COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA



* UNTIL 1000 AM CDT



* AT 610 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

CLUSTERS OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN OVER WAGONER...MUSKOGEE 

AND SOUTHERN CHEROKEE COUNTIES...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 20 MPH.  

RADAR INDICATES THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER WAGONER 

COUNTY SINCE 3 AM...WHICH MAY RESULT IN FLOODED ROADS...ESPECIALLY 

IN RURAL AREAS. 



OVER NORTHERN MUSKOGEE COUNTY...2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

FALLEN...WITH ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE THROUGH 8 AM. THIS 

HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO SOUTHERN CHEROKEE AND WESTERN 

SEQUOYAH COUNTIES BY 8 AM...RESULTING IN POTENTIAL FLASH FLOODING IN 

THOSE AREA. 



* LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN   

INCLUDE PORTIONS OF WAGONER...MUSKOGEE...CHEROKEE AND SEQUOYAH COUNTIES.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD TO 

UNKNOWN DEPTHS. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND

STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND

FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING

AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR IS 

OCCURRING. IT ONLY TAKES TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER TO CARRY AWAY 

MOST SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUPS. 



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

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



LAT...LON 3588 9480 3565 9480 3545 9504 3547 9508

      3539 9511 3539 9514 3586 9567 3608 9552



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