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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK

318 AM CDT SUN AUG 14 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CLAY COUNTY IN NORTHERN TEXAS



* UNTIL 615 AM CDT



* AT 318 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  

  RAIN GREATER THAN TWO INCHES HAS FALLEN IN LESS THAN TWO HOURS FROM

  NEAR THE NORTHEAST SIDE OF LAKE ARROWHEAD...TO BETWEEN HENRIETTA 

  AND JOLLY...TO EAST OF PETROLIA. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WITH 

  HEAVY RAINFALL ARE MOVING OVER THESE AREAS AND WILL PRODUCE 

  ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN.

  

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE HENRIETTA AND JOLLY.



THE CLAY COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICES REPORTS THAT WATER IS BEGINNING TO 

FLOW OVER U.S. HIGHWAY 287 TO THE WEST OF HENRIETTA. HIGH WATER IS 

ALSO REPORTED IN POORLY DRAINED AREAS IN HENRIETTA. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...INCLUDING BENNETT CREEK... TURKEY CREEK AND 

DUCK CREEK TO THE WEST AND NORTHWEST OF HENRIETTA. WATER WILL LIKELY 

FLOW OVER U.S. HIGHWAY 287 NEAR AND WEST OF HENRIETTA...AND STATE 

HIGHWAY 148 NORTH OF HENRIETTA. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTY ROADS AND 

FARM LANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING 

AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN FLOOD WATERS 

ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE. 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 3383 9843 3378 9843 3370 9827 3394 9804

      3401 9818



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