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WGUS54 KOUN 181446

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OKC069-123-181745-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK

944 AM CDT MON JUN 18 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  PONTOTOC COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...

  JOHNSTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...



* UNTIL 1245 PM CDT



* AT 944 AM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE 

MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH THROUGH PONTOTOC AND JOHNSTON COUNTY. RAINFALL 

RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE COMMON WITH THESE STORMS. THIS 

HEAVY RAINFALL WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF FLOODING...ESPECIALLY ALONG 

CREEKS AND SMALL STREAMS. 



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ADA...BROMIDE...BYNG...COLEMAN...

  CONNERVILLE...FILLMORE...FITTSTOWN...FITZHUGH...FRANCIS...JESSE...

  MILBURN...MILL CREEK...PONTOTOC...RAVIA...REAGAN...ROFF...

  STONEWALL...TISHOMINGO...VANOSS AND WAPANUCKA.



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.



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 3488 9689 3420 9686 3417 9641 3441 9642

      3453 9651 3470 9650 3489 9642



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