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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1104 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN OSAGE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...

* UNTIL 300 AM CDT

* AT 1101 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF
RAINFALL HAS ALREADY OCCURRED WITH AN ADDITIONAL INCH POSSIBLE. THE
LITTLE CHIEF CREEK AND THE SOUTH BIRD CREEK COULD FILL QUICKLY AND
OVERFLOW ITS BANKS FOR A BRIEF TIME.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT COULD EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
PAWHUSKA...BIGHEART...FORAKER...HULAH...OKESA...OSAGE HILLS STATE
PARK...PEARSONIA AND SHIDLER.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. DO
NOT ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO
ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN
WATER BEGINS RISING.

THIS WARNING REPLACES THE PREVIOUS FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN
EFFECT FOR OSAGE COUNTY.

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LAT...LON 3700 9601 3658 9600 3658 9673 3678 9673
3699 9646

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