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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK

302 AM CDT SUN MAY 27 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  STEPHENS COUNTY IN SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...



* UNTIL 600 AM CDT



* AT 302 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A COMPLEX OF SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE 

WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES OF BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

FALLEN ACROSS MUCH OF EASTERN AND SOUTHERN STEPHENS COUNTY... FROM 

NEAR LAKE FUQUA TO JUST WEST OF VELMA TO WEST OF LOCO... OVER THE 

PAST COUPLE OF HOURS. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS LIKELY 

TO OCCUR OVER THE NEXT ONE TO TWO HOURS. 



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BRAY...COMANCHE...LOCO AND VELMA.



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 3467 9784 3448 9786 3430 9805 3429 9754

      3467 9755



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