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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK

602 AM CDT SUN MAY 27 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LOVE COUNTY IN SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...



* UNTIL 1000 AM CDT



* AT 602 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

VERY HEAVY RAIN HAD FALLEN FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA. 

RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES HAD OCCURRED FROM NEAR 

LAKE MURRAY SOUTH TO MARIETTA AND THACKERVILLE OVER THE PAST TWO TO 

THREE HOURS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE 

POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. 



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE MARIETTA...SOUTHERN LAKE MURRAY...

  THACKERVILLE AND WESTERN LAKE TEXOMA.



THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 2 AND 24.



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 3378 9720 3373 9712 3397 9694 3407 9697

      3407 9715



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