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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK

903 PM CDT FRI APR 28 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  KAY COUNTY IN NORTHERN OKLAHOMA

  NOBLE COUNTY IN NORTHERN OKLAHOMA



* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT



* AT 903 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED BANDS OF HEAVY 

RAIN MOVING INTO MUCH OF KAY AND NOBLE COUNTIES...OVER AREAS THAT 

HAVE ALREADY SEEN TWO OR MORE INCHES OF RAINFALL TODAY. AS THIS NEW 

ACTIVITY MOVES THROUGH...ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 

INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...WHICH COULD LEAD TO WIDESPREAD FLASH FLOODING.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BLACKWELL...CERES...KILDARE...

  MARLAND...NEWKIRK...PECKHAM...PONCA CITY...RED ROCK...TONKAWA AND

  WESTERN KAW LAKE.



THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 194 AND 220.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS 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.



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 VEHICLES INTO

AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.



LAT...LON 3633 9747 3651 9706 3696 9678 3696 9730



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