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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK

900 AM CDT TUE AUG 16 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ARCHER COUNTY IN NORTHERN TEXAS

  BAYLOR COUNTY IN NORTHERN TEXAS

  CLAY COUNTY IN NORTHERN TEXAS

  KNOX COUNTY IN NORTHERN TEXAS

  WICHITA COUNTY IN NORTHERN TEXAS

  WILBARGER COUNTY IN NORTHERN TEXAS

  CARTER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA

  JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA

  MURRAY COUNTY IN SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA

  STEPHENS COUNTY IN SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA



* UNTIL 300 PM CDT



* AT 9 AM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT AND WEATHER SPOTTERS CONTINUE TO 

REPORT WIDESPREAD FLOODING OF AREA ROADWAYS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS 

ACROSS THE WARNED COUNTIES OF WESTERN NORTH TEXAS AND SOUTHERN 

OKLAHOMA. ALTHOUGH MOST OF IT IS NOT EXTREMELY HEAVY...CURRENT 

RAINFALL ACTIVITY SPREADING NORTHEAST THROUGH WESTERN NORTH TEXAS 

AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA WILL ONLY AGGRAVATE THE SITUATION. AFTER THE 

RAIN ENDS...THE FLOODING PROBLEMS WILL CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL MORE 

HOURS. DANGEROUS CONDITIONS WILL EXIST PRIMARILY THROUGH THE 

ARBUCKLE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTH-CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...SPECIFICALLY IN THE 

TURNER FALLS...DAVIS...AND THE CHICKASAW NATIONAL RECREATION AREAS.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ARCHER CITY...ARDMORE...

  BELLEVUE...BENJAMIN...BLUEGROVE...BOMARTON...BUFFALO SPRINGS...

  BYERS...CHARLIE...CORNISH...DAVIS...DOUGHERTY...DUNDEE...GENE

  AUTRY...GOREE...GRADY...GRAHAM...HEALDTON...HENRIETTA...HOLLIDAY...

  IOWA PARK...JOLLY...JOY...KAMAY...KNOX CITY...LAKE ARROWHEAD...LAKE

  DIVERSION...LAKE KEMP...LAKE KICKAPOO...LAKE OF THE ARBUCKLES...

  LOCO...LONE GROVE...MABELLE...MANKINS...MEGARGEL...MILO...MUNDAY...

  NEWPORT...OSCAR...PETROLIA...POOLEVILLE...RED SPRINGS...

  RHINELAND...RINGLING...RYAN...SCOTLAND...SEYMOUR...SHEPPARD AFB...

  SPRINGER...SUGDEN...SULPHUR...TERRAL...TURNER FALLS...VASHTI...

  VERA...WAURIKA...WESTOVER...WICHITA FALLS...WILSON AND WINDTHORST



THIS WARNING INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 32 AND 56.



KEEP CHILDREN FROM PLAYING NEAR RUSHING FLOOD WATERS. THE BANKS OF 

STREAMS AND FLOODWAYS ARE SLIPPERY AND RAIN SOFTENED GROUND MAY GIVE 

WAY EASILY. DO NOT LET YOUR CHILD BE A VICTIM OF DANGEROUS 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 3469 9695 3424 9696 3388 9796 3343 9800

      3340 9996 3361 9997 3394 9894 3419 9800



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