WOUS44 KTSA 042339
FRWTSA
OKC037-050245-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FIRE WARNING
OKLAHOMA DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
639 PM CDT SAT AUG 4 2012
THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE IS TRANSMITTED AT THE REQUEST OF THE
OKLAHOMA DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
EVACUATIONS ARE NOW BEING ORDER FOR ALL OF THE COMMUNITY OF
MANNFORD OKLAHOMA AND SURROUNDING AREAS.
A WILDFIRE HAS CONTINUED TO SPREAD UNCONTROLLED TO THE NORTHEAST
AND THE LEADING EDGE OF THE FIRE WAS ON THE VERGE OF ENTERING MANNFORD.
PEOPLE SHOULD EVACUATE TO THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH IN 
SAND SPRINGS AT 101 WEST 38TH STREET.
SPECIAL NOTE... A FRONT AND THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOWS ARE MOVING
TOWARD THE MANNFORD AREA. WIND SHIFTS TO THE WEST AND NORTHWEST
ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR BETWEEN 830 PM AND 10 PM. STRONG GUSTS WILL
OCCUR WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT AFFECT THE AREA. WINDS WILL GUST
INTO THE 20S BRIEFLY WITH THE FRONT BEFORE EASING AND BECOMING
NORTHERLY. THESE WINDS WILL RESULT IN ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR AND
TURN IN THE FIRES MOTION TO THE SOUTHEAST AND THEN SOUTH.
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