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OKC031-291730-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK

928 AM CDT FRI JUN 29 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WESTERN COMANCHE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA...



* UNTIL 1230 PM CDT



* EXTREMELY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL OVER WESTERN COMANCHE 

COUNTY...WEST OF A LINE FROM MEERS...TO CACHE...INCLUDING THE 

WICHITA MOUNTAIN WILDLIFE REFUGE AND INDIAHOMA. RADAR SHOWS A NEARLY 

STATIONARY BAND OF RAIN WITH RAINFALL RATES BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES 

PER HOUR...WHICH IS SUFFICIENT TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE CACHE...INDIAHOMA...MEERS AND

  WICHITA MOUNTAINS WILDLIFE REFUGE.



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 3452 9882 3452 9867 3486 9847 3485 9882



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JAMES

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