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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK

315 AM CDT TUE JUL 5 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ATOKA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA



* UNTIL 815 AM CDT



* AT 310 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING OVER MUCH OF ATOKA COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST 

RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO FALL IN AN AREA FROM NEAR THE BOGGY DEPOT 

STATE PARK...EASTWARD THROUGH ATOKA AND MCGEE CREEK LAKE...UP TO 

NEAR REDDEN AND DAISY. LOCALIZED RAINFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES 

WILL BE POSSIBLE.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ATOKA...LANE...MCGEE CREEK LAKE...

  SOUTHWESTERN ATOKA RESERVOIR...STRINGTOWN...TUSHKA...DAISY



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM 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.



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 3425 9637 3429 9576 3451 9571 3443 9630



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