

000 

WGUS54 KOUN 301841

FFWOUN

OKC031-302145-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK

138 PM CDT FRI MAR 30 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  COMANCHE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA...



* UNTIL 445 PM CDT



* AT 138 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE CACHE...ELFIN...FAXING...

  FLETCHER...FORT SILL...GERONIMO...INDIAHOMA...LAKE ELLSWORTH...LAKE

  LAWTONKA...LAWTON...MEDICINE PARK...MEERS...STERLING AND WICHITA

  MOUNTAINS WILDLIFE REFUGE.



THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 44 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 28 AND 62.



RADAR INDICATES THAT MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL WILL PERSIST THROUGH LATE

AFTERNOON. CONSIDERING THE HEAVY RAINFALL THAT FELL THURSDAY...THE ADDITIONAL

1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL EXPECTED WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD FLOODING IN MANY 

PARTS OF COMANCHE COUNTY.



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 3454 9877 3445 9858 3448 9826 3484 9814

      3482 9876



$$

WR

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000 

WGUS54 KOUN 301841

FFWOUN

OKC031-302145-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK

138 PM CDT FRI MAR 30 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  COMANCHE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA...



* UNTIL 445 PM CDT



* AT 138 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE CACHE...ELFIN...FAXING...

  FLETCHER...FORT SILL...GERONIMO...INDIAHOMA...LAKE ELLSWORTH...LAKE

  LAWTONKA...LAWTON...MEDICINE PARK...MEERS...STERLING AND WICHITA

  MOUNTAINS WILDLIFE REFUGE.



THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 44 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 28 AND 62.



RADAR INDICATES THAT MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL WILL PERSIST THROUGH LATE

AFTERNOON. CONSIDERING THE HEAVY RAINFALL THAT FELL THURSDAY...THE ADDITIONAL

1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL EXPECTED WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD FLOODING IN MANY 

PARTS OF COMANCHE COUNTY.



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 3454 9877 3445 9858 3448 9826 3484 9814

      3482 9876



$$

WR

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