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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK

600 PM CDT WED JUN 27 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GARFIELD COUNTY IN NORTHERN OKLAHOMA...



* UNTIL 900 PM CDT



* AT 555 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORM NEAR BISON AND WAUKOMIS. TWO

  TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAD LIKELY ALREADY FALLEN ALONG AND WEST OF

  HIGHWAY 81...INCLUDING AREAS AROUND TURKEY CREEK AND ITS 

  TRIBUTARIES. HEAVY RAIN WILL REMAIN FOCUSED OVER THIS AREA FOR AN

  EXTENDED TIME...RESULTING IN TOTAL RAINFALL APPROACHING 5 INCHES

  LOCALLY.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BISON...DRUMMOND AND WAUKOMIS.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

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

CREEKS AND STREAMS. HIGHWAY 81 WILL ALSO BE AFFECTED FROM WAUKOMIS 

TO THE COUNTY LINE SOUTH OF BISON.



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 3618 9783 3629 9769 3637 9774 3630 9804

      3617 9805



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