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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK

258 AM CDT MON AUG 15 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  PONTOTOC COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA

  SOUTHEASTERN GARVIN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA

  MURRAY COUNTY IN SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA



* UNTIL 600 AM CDT



* AT 258 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS MURRAY... PONTOTOC AND 

  SOUTHEASTERN GARVIN COUNTIES. HEAVY SHOWERS PRODUCING OVER ONE

  INCH OF RAIN PER HOUR WILL MOVE INTO THE ARBUCKLE MOUNTAINS OF

  WESTERN MURRAY COUNTY BETWEEN 3 AND 4 AM AND ENHANCE FLOODING

  POTENTIAL. THIS HEAVY RAIN WILL THEN MOVE ACROSS SOUTHEAST GARVIN

  AND PONTOTOC COUNTIES.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ADA...BYNG...CAMP CLASSEN...

  DAVIS...DOUGHERTY...FALLS CREEK...FITTSTOWN...FRANCIS...

  HICKORY...LAKE OF THE ARBUCKLES...ROFF...STONEWALL...STRATFORD...

  SULPHUR...TURNER FALLS...VANOSS AND WYNNEWOOD.



THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 47 AND 66.



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 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 3440 9734 3436 9694 3449 9686 3452 9653

      3490 9642 3494 9685 3456 9733



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