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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

638 PM CDT MON AUG 11 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHWESTERN MCINTOSH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA



* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT



* AT 624 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 11       

  MILES NORTHWEST OF RAIFORD TO 10 MILES EAST OF VIVIAN...REMAINING  

  NEARLY STATIONARY. RADAR INDICATES THAT 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS  

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

  1030 PM CDT.



* THE STORMS PRODUCING THE HEAVY RAINFALL AND POTENTIAL FLASH        

  FLOODING WILL EFFECT AREAS NEAR VIVIAN...RAIFORD...AND LOCATIONS   

  NEAR INTERSTATE 40 SOUTHEAST OF HENRYETTA.



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.



HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS RAPIDLY...SO DO NOT DRIVE

YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER OF AN UNKNOWN DEPTH COVERS THE

ROAD. 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 3539 9591 3538 9588 3541 9588 3543 9585

      3528 9557 3520 9573 3519 9577 3535 9597



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