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WGUS54 KTSA 030544

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OKC121-030945-

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

1244 AM CDT WED JUN 3 2009



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  PITTSBURG COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA



* UNTIL 445 AM CDT



* AT 1239 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN OVER A LARGE PART OF CENTRAL AND 

SOUTHERN PITTSBURG COUNTY...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. RADAR INDICATES 

THAT 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN. ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES

INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 445 AM CDT AS ADDITIONAL 

THUNDERSTORMS TRAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN   

INCLUDE...BLOCKER...HARTSHORNE...MCALESTER AND SAVANNA.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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. IT ONLY TAKES TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER 

TO CARRY AWAY MOST SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUPS. MOTORISTS 

SHOULD NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. TAKE A DIFFERENT 

ROUTE TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION OR WAIT UNTIL THE WATER RECEDES.



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LAT...LON 3469 9588 3470 9609 3504 9607 3515 9598

      3514 9550 3460 9552 3460 9588



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