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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK

719 AM CDT SUN MAY 27 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MURRAY COUNTY IN SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...



* UNTIL 1115 AM CDT



* AT 719 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

VERY HEAVY RAIN HAD FALLEN FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER MURRAY COUNTY. 

RADAR ESTIMATED BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN ACROSS 

MUCH OF MURRAY COUNTY OVER THE PAST FEW HOURS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL 

AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT ONE TO TWO 

HOURS. 



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE DAVIS...DOUGHERTY...LAKE OF THE

  ARBUCKLES...SULPHUR AND TURNER FALLS.



THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 47 AND 56.



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 3438 9730 3436 9695 3454 9695 3460 9707

      3450 9728



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