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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1041 PM CDT SAT MAY 23 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CREEK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
  OKFUSKEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...
  TULSA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
  WESTERN OKMULGEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...

* UNTIL 430 AM CDT

* AT 1037 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
INDICATED   THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA.
REPORTS OF BETWEEN 2 AND 5 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAVE COME IN FROM
TULSA COUNTY SOUTHWEST TO NEAR OKEMAH. IN ADDITION...STORMS CONTINUE
TO DEVELOP AND TRAIN OVER THIS SAME AREA...AND WILL ONLY EXACERBATE
THE SITUATION. REPORTS OF FLOODING INTO HOMES HAVE BEEN
RECEIVED...AS WELL AS NUMEROUS OTHER FLOOD REPORTS.

  THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR THE TULSA METRO...AS WELL AS
EASTERN CREEK COUNTY...WESTERN OKMULGEE COUNTY AND MUCH OF OKFUSKEE
COUNTY. THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. AREAS THAT DO NOT
NORMALLY FLOOD OR HAVE NEVER FLOODED BEFORE MAY BECOME INUNDATED.
IMMEDIATE ACTION SHOULD BE TAKEN TO EVACUATE AREAS NEAR RISING
WATER. EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN DRIVING AS MANY ROADWAYS WILL
LIKELY BE UNDERWATER. ALTERNATE ROUTES MAY BE NECESSARY.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT COULD EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  BRISTOW...BROKEN ARROW...OKEMAH...OKMULGEE...SAND SPRINGS...
  TULSA...BEARDEN...BEGGS...BIXBY...BOLEY...CASTLE...CLEARVIEW...
  COLLINSVILLE...DEPEW...GLENPOOL...JENKS...JENKS RIVERSIDE
  AIRPORT...KELLYVILLE...KEYSTONE STATE PARK...KIEFER...MOUNDS...
  OKFUSKEE...OKMULGEE STATE PARK...OWASSO...PADEN...PHAROAH...
  PRESTON...SAPULPA...SLICK AND SPERRY.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3569 9663 3617 9632 3616 9600 3641 9600
      3641 9579 3616 9581 3616 9576 3590 9576
      3590 9582 3586 9581 3586 9579 3528 9618
      3528 9644 3545 9645 3543 9649 3545 9655
      3539 9654 3539 9661 3545 9663

$$

LACY
