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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK

705 PM CDT FRI MAR 30 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MURRAY COUNTY IN SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...



* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT



* AT 705 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN HAVE MOVED 

  THROUGH MURRAY COUNTY THIS EVENING. THE HEAVY RAIN FROM THESE      

  STORMS COMBINED WITH HEAVY RAINFALL EARLIER IN THE DAY WILL LIKELY 

  RESULT IN AREAS OF FLOODING. 



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE DAVIS...DOUGHERTY...HICKORY...LAKE

  OF THE ARBUCKLES...SULPHUR AND TURNER 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.



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 3438 9735 3434 9690 3456 9684 3464 9714

      3452 9713 3452 9734



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