

000 

WGUS54 KOUN 071658

FFWOUN

OKC005-013-069-095-072000-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK

1155 AM CDT MON MAY 7 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ATOKA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...

  BRYAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...

  JOHNSTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...

  MARSHALL COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...



* UNTIL 300 PM CDT



* AT 1155 AM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS...ALONG WITH NWS 

OBSERVATIONS AND RADAR ESTIMATES...INDICATED THAT WIDESPREAD FLASH 

FLOODING WAS OCCURRING ACROSS THE MENTIONED COUNTIES. THE GREATEST 

CONCERN WILL BE OVER ATOKA AND BRYAN COUNTIES...WHERE RAINFALL 

AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 5 INCHES HAVE OCCURRED THIS MORNING. ADDITIONAL 

HEAVY RAIN WILL OCCUR INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS...AGGRAVATING 

THE SITUATION.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE DURANT...ATOKA...LANE...MADILL... 

AND TISHOMINGO.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THE STORMS 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 3394 9700 3375 9637 3418 9589 3460 9569

      3462 9599 3445 9612 3415 9674



$$

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000 

WGUS54 KOUN 071658

FFWOUN

OKC005-013-069-095-072000-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK

1155 AM CDT MON MAY 7 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ATOKA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...

  BRYAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...

  JOHNSTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...

  MARSHALL COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...



* UNTIL 300 PM CDT



* AT 1155 AM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS...ALONG WITH NWS 

OBSERVATIONS AND RADAR ESTIMATES...INDICATED THAT WIDESPREAD FLASH 

FLOODING WAS OCCURRING ACROSS THE MENTIONED COUNTIES. THE GREATEST 

CONCERN WILL BE OVER ATOKA AND BRYAN COUNTIES...WHERE RAINFALL 

AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 5 INCHES HAVE OCCURRED THIS MORNING. ADDITIONAL 

HEAVY RAIN WILL OCCUR INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS...AGGRAVATING 

THE SITUATION.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE DURANT...ATOKA...LANE...MADILL... 

AND TISHOMINGO.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THE STORMS 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 3394 9700 3375 9637 3418 9589 3460 9569

      3462 9599 3445 9612 3415 9674



$$

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