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TXC077-021445-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK

639 AM CDT TUE MAY 2 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CLAY COUNTY IN NORTHERN TEXAS



* UNTIL 945 AM CDT



* AT 639 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

VERY HEAVY RAIN HAD FALLEN ACROSS PARTS OF CLAY COUNTY OVER THE PAST 

SEVERAL HOURS. RADAR ESTIMATES OF BETWEEN 3 AND 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAD 

FALLEN FROM NEAR HENRIETTA WEST TO JOLLY AND THE WICHITA COUNTY 

LINE. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS 

CLAY COUNTY OVER THE NEXT ONE TO TWO HOURS. 



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BELLEVUE...BLUEGROVE...

  HENRIETTA...JOLLY AND NORTHEASTERN LAKE ARROWHEAD.



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.



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.



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 SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUP TRUCKS. MOVE TO HIGHER

GROUND.



LAT...LON 3369 9842 3362 9798 3388 9799 3393 9841



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