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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK

1041 AM CDT TUE MAR 20 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  KAY COUNTY IN NORTHERN OKLAHOMA...



* UNTIL 1245 PM CDT



* AT 1041 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED TO FALL 

ACROSS A LARGE PART OF KAY COUNTY.  THE ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL

EXACERBATE FLOODING...ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTHERN KAY COUNTY.  

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS FROM KAY COUNTY HAVE REPORTED THAT

SEVERAL COUNTY ROADS ARE FLOODED...MAINLY ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL PARTS 

OF THE COUNTY.  THE RAIN IS EXPECTED TO END OVER THE NEXT HOUR.





* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BLACKWELL...BRAMAN...CHILOCCO...

  HARDY...KAW CITY...KAW LAKE...KILDARE...NEWKIRK...PECKHAM...PONCA

  CITY AND TONKAWA.



KEEP CHILDREN FROM PLAYING NEAR 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 SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUP TRUCKS. MOVE TO HIGHER

GROUND.



LAT...LON 3660 9743 3661 9702 3676 9671 3697 9670

      3700 9747



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