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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK

605 AM CDT TUE AUG 16 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BAYLOR COUNTY IN NORTHERN TEXAS



* UNTIL 900 AM CDT



* AT 605 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS CONTINUING TO MOVE EAST NORTHEAST INTO BAYLOR 

COUNTY. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 

RAINFALL RATES OF ONE AND A HALF TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR. AS MUCH AS 

2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS LIKELY ALREADY FALLEND ACROSS PORTIONS OF 

THE COUNTY DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. OF PARTICULAR CONCERN 

WILL BE THE ABOUT THE SOUTHERN HALF OF BAYLOR COUNTY... INCLUDING 

HIGHWAYS 422... 114 AND 183... AS WELL AS THE COMMUNITIES OF 

SEYMOUR... MABELLE AND WESTOVER.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BOMARTON... MABELLE...  RED 

SPRINGS...SEYMOUR AND WESTOVER.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

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

LAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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 3342 9946 3341 9896 3381 9898 3382 9944



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