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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK

851 PM CDT WED APR 20 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HARMON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA

  JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA



* UNTIL 1145 PM CDT



* AT 844 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL ACROSS MUCH OF HARMON

  AND JACKSON COUNTIES. HEAVY RAINFALL IS LIKELY TO CONTINUE THROUGH

  AT LEAST 10 PM... RESULTING IN FLASH FLOODING IN THE CITIES OF

  HOLLIS... ALTUS AND ALONG HIGHWAY 62 FROM THE TEXAS STATE LINE

  TO HEADRICK.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ALTUS AIR FORCE BASE...ALTUS...

  DUKE...ELDORADO...ELMER...FRIENDSHIP...GOULD...HOLLIS...

  HUMPHREYS...MARTHA...MCKNIGHT...MCQUEEN AND OLUSTEE



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.

AS LITTLE AS 6 INCHES OF WATER MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR

VEHICLE. TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES

INCLUDING SUVS AND PICKUP TRUCKS. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER

SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3491 9998 3458 10000 3440 9966 3442 9925

      3477 9918 3471 9961



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