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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK

307 AM CDT TUE JUL 5 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MURRAY COUNTY IN SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA



* UNTIL 700 AM CDT



* AT 305 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING TO MOVE OVER MURRAY COUNTY. MUCH OF THE 

CENTRAL AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF MURRAY COUNTY HAS ALREADY SEEN 2 TO 

4 INCHES OF RAIN THE PAST 24 HOURS...AND AN ADDITIONAL 2 INCHES MAY 

OCCUR EARLY THIS MORNING AS ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS TRAVERSE THE 

AREA. THE HEAVIEST HIT AREAS WILL LIKELY EXTEND FROM NEAR TURNER 

FALLS AND CAMP CLASSEN...THROUGH SULPHUR AND THE CHICKASAW 

RECREATION AREA...OVER TOWARD HICKORY.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE DAVIS...DOUGHERTY...HICKORY...LAKE

  OF THE ARBUCKLES...SULPHUR AND TURNER FALLS



THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 47 AND 56.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING 

OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. 

ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARM LANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF 

CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH 

FLOODING.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE TO

HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT DRIVE VEHICLES INTO

AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.



LAT...LON 3439 9719 3438 9689 3462 9679 3465 9721



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