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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK

1019 PM CDT SUN AUG 14 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CARTER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA

  JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA

  SOUTHEAST STEPHENS COUNTY IN SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA



* UNTIL 115 AM CDT



* THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND    

  MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA. RECENT HEAVY RAIN    

  HAS LEFT THE GROUND NEARLY SATURATED AND MORE HEAVY RAINFALL IS    

  EXPECTED TO MOVE OVER THE SAME AREAS FROM JEFFERSON AND SOUTHEAST  

  STEPHENS COUNTY INTO WESTERN PARTS OF CARTER COUNTY. ADDITIONAL    

  RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE WHICH WILL      

  LIKELY RESULT IN AREAS OF FLASH FLOODING.         



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ADDINGTON...CORNISH...GRADY...

  GRAHAM...HEALDTON...LOCO...LONE GROVE...MILO...OSCAR...

  POOLEVILLE...RATLIFF CITY...RINGLING...RYAN...SUGDEN...TATUMS...

  VELMA...WAURIKA AND WILSON



THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 40 AND 45.



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 3392 9804 3392 9759 3406 9754 3409 9735

      3433 9711 3458 9761 3415 9807



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