Severe thunderstorm warning for portions of northeast Oklahoma

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
514 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
  NOWATA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
  EASTERN OSAGE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
  EASTERN PAWNEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
  NORTHERN ROGERS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
  NORTHERN TULSA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT

* AT 511 PM CDT…SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM OSAGE HILLS STATE PARK TO 3 MILES EAST OF WYNONA TO
  5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WALNUT CREEK STATE PARK…MOVING NORTHEAST AT
50 MPH. A WIND GUST OF 70 MPH WAS REPORTED 2 MILES SOUTH OF WYNONA
AT 504 PM. .

  STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE…
  DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH…

* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE…OSAGE
  HILLS STATE PARK…OKESA…BARNSDALL…AVANT…SPERRY…SKIATOOK…
  BARTLESVILLE…OCHELATA…COPAN…DEWEY…RAMONA…VERA…
  COLLINSVILLE…WANN…OOLOGAH…TALALA…WATOVA…NOWATA…
  DELAWARE…LENAPAH AND NEW ALLUWE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

PEOPLE OUTDOORS SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS AND DOORS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

PREPARE FOR DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. TAKE COVER INSIDE A STURDY
BUILDING AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS. MOBILE HOMES AND HIGH PROFILE
VEHICLES MAY BE OVERTURNED.

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