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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK

322 AM CDT WED JUN 20 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  PONTOTOC COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...

  SEMINOLE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...

  HUGHES COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...

  MURRAY COUNTY IN SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...



* UNTIL 615 AM CDT



* AT 322 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS ALONG... AND NORTHWEST OF...

  A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES EAST OF WETUMKA TO NEAR TURNER

  FALLS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ADA...BYNG...DAVIS...DOUGHERTY...

  FITZHUGH...FRANCIS...HICKORY...HOLDENVILLE...KONAWA...LAKE OF THE

  ARBUCKLES...LIMA...ROFF...SASAKWA...SPAULDING...SULPHUR...TURNER

  FALLS...VANOSS...WETUMKA...WEWOKA AND YEAGER.



THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 47 AND 56.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE 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.



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 3533 9650 3471 9696 3442 9732 3432 9693

      3524 9624



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