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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK

721 PM CDT WED JUN 13 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BECKHAM COUNTY IN WESTERN OKLAHOMA...



* UNTIL 1115 PM CDT



* AT 721 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING OVER SOUTHERN AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF 

BECKHAM COUNTY. RAINFALL ESTIMATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE LOCATED OVER 

AREAS NEAR AND WEST OF CARTER...UP TO LOCATIONS JUST SOUTH OF ELK 

CITY. VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO BE A CONCERN THROUGH

830 PM...WHICH COULD ADD ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN THIS EVENING.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE CARTER AND ELK CITY.



THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 21 AND 41.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM STORMS 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 3512 9954 3513 9981 3532 9957 3545 9938

      3529 9935



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