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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK

1030 AM CDT SUN MAY 27 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ATOKA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...



* UNTIL 130 PM CDT



* AT 1030 AM CDT...RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

FALLEN IN 3 HOURS ACROSS PORTIONS OF ATOKA COUNTY WITH MODERATE TO 

HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUING TO DEVELOP AND MOVE INTO ATOKA COUNTY. THE 

HEAVIEST RAIN SO FAR HAS BEEN IN SOUTHWESTERN ATOKA COUNTY NEAR AND 

SOUTHWEST OF CANEY... BUT HEAVY RAINFALL IS SPREADING ACROSS ATOKA 

COUNTY.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ATOKA...BOGGY DEPOT STATE PARK...

  CANEY...LANE...REDDEN...STRINGTOWN...TUSHKA AND AREAS NEAR MCGEE

  CREEK RESERVOIR.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...LOW WATER CROSSINGS...HIGHWAYS...AND STREETS AS 

WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



KEEP CHILDREN FROM PLAYING NEAR RUSHING FLOOD WATERS. THE BANKS OF

STREAMS AND FLOODWAYS ARE SLIPPERY AND RAIN SOFTENED GROUND MAY GIVE

WAY EASILY. DO NOT LET YOUR CHILD BE A VICTIM OF DANGEROUS FLOOD

WATERS



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 3416 9640 3417 9578 3451 9579 3443 9640



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