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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK

837 PM CDT TUE JUN 19 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MAJOR COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA...



* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT



* AT 837 PM CDT...VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS OCCURRING ACROSS MUCH OF MAJOR 

COUNTY. RADAR INDICATES THAT 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE LIKELY 

FALLEN OVER PARTS OF WESTERN MAJOR COUNTY... GENERALLY BETWEEN BOUSE 

JUNCTION AND ORION. RAPID RISES WERE LIKELY OCCURRING ALONG GRIEVER 

CREEK AND BARNEY CREEK... INCLUDING THEIR TRIBUTARIES. HEAVY RAIN... 

ESTIMATED TO 2 TO 4 INCHES... HAVE ALSO OCCURRED OVER THE EASTERN 

PART OF MAJOR COUNTY... INCLUDING THE RINGWOOD AREA. 



HEAVY RAIN WERE CONTINUING OVER THE COUNTY. 



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE AMES...CLEO SPRINGS...FAIRVIEW...

  MENO...ORIENTA AND RINGWOOD.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AND FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF

CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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 3625 9891 3625 9813 3644 9814 3644 9891



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