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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK

540 AM CDT TUE JUL 31 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BRYAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...



* UNTIL 845 AM CDT



* AT 540 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING TO FALL EAST OF DURANT... ACROSS MUCH OF 

THE EASTERN TWO THIRDS OF BRYAN COUNTY. RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES 

INDICATE POSSIBLE RAINFALL RATES OVER 3 INCHES PER HOUR... AND STORM 

TOTALS LOCALLY EXCEEDING 5 INCHES. ALTHOUGH HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS THAT 

HAVE BEEN OVER THE AREA OF CONCERN FOR SEVERAL HOURS WERE MOVING 

SLOWLY EAST AND OUT OF THE AREA... MORE HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE 

DEVELOPING FARTHER WEST AROUND MADILL AND MARIETTA. THESE 

THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AND WILL MOVE INTO BRYAN COUNTY LATER 

THIS MORNING. 



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ALBANY...BENNINGTON...BLUE...

  BOKCHITO...UTICA AND WADE.



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 3381 9630 3389 9594 3412 9594 3406 9631



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