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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK

734 PM CDT TUE MAY 8 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  COMANCHE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA...



* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT



* AT 734 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM SEVERAL THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN AND CENTRAL 

COMANCHE COUNTY.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE CACHE...FAXON...FORT SILL...

  GERONIMO...INDIAHOMA...LAKE LAWTONKA...LAWTON...MEDICINE PARK...

  MEERS...SOUTHWESTERN LAKE ELLSWORTH...WICHITA MOUNTAINS WILDLIFE

  REFUGE AND WICHITA MOUNTAINS WILDLIF.



THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 44 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 27 AND 49.



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 3451 9882 3451 9867 3443 9859 3446 9836

      3485 9836 3485 9881



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