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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK

929 AM CDT FRI JUN 22 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WASHITA COUNTY IN WESTERN OKLAHOMA...



* UNTIL 1230 PM CDT



* AT 929 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM     

  BESSIE TO 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CLOUD CHIEF... INCLUDING CORDELL.   

  THE STORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE NEARLY STATIONARY. RADAR 

  ESTIMATES OF 2 TO NEARLY 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN ACROSS MUCH   

  OF THE CENTRL SECTION OF WASHITA COUNTY OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF    

  HOURS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE        

  POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT ONE TO TWO HOURS. 



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BESSIE...CLOUD CHIEF AND CORDELL.



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.



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 3545 9887 3512 9877 3513 9903 3542 9909



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