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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

652 PM CST TUE FEB 10 2009



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NOWATA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA

  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA



* UNTIL 1045 PM CST



* AT 646 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF OCHELATA...     

  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. RADAR INDICATES THAT 1 TO 2 INCHES     

  OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN. ANOTHER 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE      

  THROUGH 1045 PM CST AS ADDITIONAL STORMS MOVE ACROSS THE WARNED    

  AREA. INTENSE RAINFALL RATES WILL QUICKLY LEAD TO ADDITIONAL       

  FLOODING.



* LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN

  INCLUDE...NEW ALLUWE...DEWEY...NOWATA...DELAWARE...COPAN...WANN AND

  LENAPAH.



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.



WHEN WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY REMEMBER...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN. 

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. 



LAT...LON 3695 9541 3694 9543 3660 9543 3660 9582

      3647 9582 3645 9583 3643 9600 3699 9599

      3698 9579 3699 9579 3699 9541



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