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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK

622 AM CDT MON MAY 7 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GRADY COUNTY IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...

  COMANCHE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA...



* UNTIL 915 AM CDT



* AT 622 AM CDT...VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS CONTINUING TO FALL OVER 

CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST COMANCHE COUNTY... AND MUCH OF GRADY COUNTY. 

RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES AND OKLAHOMA MESONET RAINFALL MEASUREMENTS 

INDICATE THAT OVER TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THESE AREAS 

SINCE AROUND 4 AM. MEANWHILE... THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN 

CONTINUE TO FORM ACROSS THE AREA AND MOVE NORTHEAST. THE HEAVIEST 

RAINS WILL LIKELY OCCUR ALONG A BAND EXTENDING FROM LAWTON... 

NORTHEAST THROUGH STERLING... TO CHICKASHA... TO AMBER. 



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE AMBER...BRIDGE CREEK...

  CHICKASHA...ELGIN...FLETCHER...FORT SILL...LAWTON...MIDDLEBERG...

  NINNEKAH...NORGE...POCASSET...STERLING...TABLER AND TUTTLE.



THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 44 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 29 AND 101.



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 3444 9856 3449 9839 3500 9767 3533 9765

      3533 9785 3490 9814 3455 9865



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