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OKC053-071-261215-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK

516 AM CDT FRI MAY 26 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GRANT COUNTY IN NORTHERN OKLAHOMA

  KAY COUNTY IN NORTHERN OKLAHOMA



* UNTIL 715 AM CDT



* AT 516 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

A LINE OF HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS FROM MANCHESTER TO 11 MILES SOUTH OF 

KAW CITY. THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH ALONG 

THE LINE...RESULTING IN REPEATED ROUNDS OF HEAVY RAIN OVER THE SAME 

AREAS. 



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BLACKWELL...BRAMAN...DEER CREEK...

  KAW CITY...KILDARE...MANCHESTER...MEDFORD...NARDIN...PECKHAM...

  PONCA CITY...RENFROW...TONKAWA...WAKITA AND WESTERN KAW LAKE.



THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 212 AND 232.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF 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 3701 9811 3686 9811 3658 9714 3660 9690

      3680 9683 3701 9756



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