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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK

546 AM CDT TUE AUG 16 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  KNOX COUNTY IN NORTHERN TEXAS



* UNTIL 845 AM CDT



* AT 543 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN 

HAS FALLEN OVER PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN HALF OF KNOX COUNTY. THIS 

SAME AREA HAS ALREADY RECEIVED 5 OR MORE INCHES OF RAINFALL DURING 

THE PAST FEW DAYS. LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED WATER RUNNING 

OVER U.S. HIGHWAY 82 EAST OF BENJAMIN... WHILE WATER WAS REPORTED 

ENTERING SOME OF THE STORE FRONTS IN MUNDAY. SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS... SOME WITH RAINFALL RATES OF ONE TO TWO INCHES PER 

HOUR... WILL CONTINUE DURING THE MORNING. 



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BENJAMIN...GOREE...KNOX CITY...

  MUNDAY...RHINELAND AND VERA



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 3369 9947 3341 9949 3340 9996 3366 9997



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