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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK

1030 AM CDT SUN OCT 15 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WICHITA COUNTY IN NORTHERN TEXAS



* UNTIL 130 PM CDT



* AT 1030 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING OVER MUCH OF WICHITA COUNTY WHERE 

THREE TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAD ALREADY FALLEN IN SOME AREAS 

THROUGH MID MORNING. SEVERAL COUNTY ROADS WERE ALREADY CLOSED DUE TO 

HIGH WATER... WHILE SOME ROADS IN THE WICHITA FALLS AREA WILL ALSO 

LIKELY REQUIRE CLOSING DURING THE MORNING. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL RATES 

OF BETWEEN ONE HALF AND THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH PER HOUR ARE 

LIKELY THROUGH MID DAY. 



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE WICHITA FALLS.



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 SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUP TRUCKS. MOVE TO HIGHER

GROUND.



LAT...LON 3383 9884 3383 9843 3402 9842 3408 9885



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