

000 

WGUS54 KOUN 150618

FFWOUN

OKC019-067-137-151030-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK

115 AM CDT MON AUG 15 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WESTERN AND NORTHERN CARTER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA

  JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA

  SOUTHEASTERN STEPHENS COUNTY IN SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA



* UNTIL 530 AM CDT



* AT 115 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

  SHOWERS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN JEFFERSON...

  SOUTHEASTERN STEPHENS AND WESTERN CARTER COUNTIES. THESE 

  SHOWERS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND ARE PRODUCING 

  ADDITIONAL RAIN MORE THAN ONE INCH PER HOUR IN AREAS THAT RECEIVED 

  3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN ON SUNDAY.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE CORNISH...GRAHAM...HEALDTON...  

  LOCO...MILO...POOLEVILLE...RINGLING...SUGDEN...WAURIKA AND WILSON



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTY ROADS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES...AND FARM 

LAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. SOME CREEKS THAT WILL 

LIKELY EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE CROOKED CREEK...MOUNTAIN 

CREEK...MUD CREEK AND NORTH MUD CREEK IN JEFFERSON AND STEPHENS 

COUNTIES...AND WHISKY CREEK...CADDO CREEK AND RED BRANCH IN CARTER 

COUNTY.



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

DANGERS OF FLOODS. 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 3420 9802 3402 9801 3413 9734 3438 9714

      3439 9734 3448 9734



$$



...SPEG.

