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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK

714 AM CDT TUE AUG 16 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WICHITA COUNTY IN NORTHERN TEXAS



* UNTIL 1000 AM CDT



* AT 714 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS WICHITA

  COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS FALLEN FROM THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF

  WICHITA COUNTY NORTHEAST TO BETWEEN ELECTRA AND BURKBURNETT WHERE

  RADAR ESTIMATED OVER 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE PAST 3

  HOURS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES HAS ALSO FALLEN IN

  WICHITA FALLS WHICH WILL CAUSE FLOODING IN POORLY DRAINED AREAS.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BURKBURNETT...ELECTRA...IOWA  

  PARK...KAMAY...SHEPPARD AFB AND WICHITA FALLS



AREAS THAT WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE SOME FLOOD CONDITIONS INCLUDE 

CHINA CREEK... BUFFALO CREEK AND NORTH FORK OF BUFFALO CREEK. 

U.S. HIGHWAY 287... STATE HIGHWAY 240 AND FARM TO MARKET ROADS 

1738...2384 AND 2345 MAY ALSO BE AFFECTED.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARM LANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER 

LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



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 3384 9897 3384 9843 3406 9842 3414 9860

      3417 9895



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