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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK

123 PM CDT FRI MAR 30 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CLAY COUNTY IN NORTHERN TEXAS...

  WICHITA COUNTY IN NORTHERN TEXAS...



* UNTIL 430 PM CDT



* AT 123 PM CDT...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING FROM A    

  A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES 

  BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF 

  HOURS ACROSS EASTERN WICHITA AND MUCH OF CLAY COUNTY. AN           

  ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THESE     

  AREAS THIS EVENING BEFORE THE RAIN ENDS OVERNIGHT.  



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

  SPRINGS...BYERS...CASHION COMMUNITY...CHARLIE...DEAN...HENRIETTA...

  JOLLY...JOY...LAKE ARROWHEAD...PETROLIA...PLEASANT VALLEY...

  SHEPPARD AFB...VASHTI AND 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 3385 9867 3384 9842 3345 9838 3348 9798

      3397 9797 3412 9820 3406 9867



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