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OKC149-020045-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK

450 PM CDT WED AUG 1 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WASHITA COUNTY IN WESTERN OKLAHOMA...



* UNTIL 745 PM CDT



* AT 450 PM CDT...VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS CONTINUING OVER ABOUT THE 

CENTRAL THIRD OF WASHITA COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST RAINS... WHICH WERE 

ESTIMATED BY RADAR TO BE BETWEEN 2 TO 3 INCHES... WITH ISOLATED 

TOTALS NEAR 4 INCHES... OCCURRED ALONG AN AREA EXTENDING FROM THE 

COUNTY LINE NORTH OF BESSIE... SOUTH TO CORDELL... AND CONTINUING 

SOUTH TO THE WASHITA AND KIOWA COUNTY LINE. FLASH FLOODING WILL BE 

POSSIBLE IN LOW LYING AREAS... INCLUDING ALONG BOGGY AND CAVALRY 

CREEKS AND THEIR TRIBUTARIES.  



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



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 3512 9905 3513 9883 3545 9882 3546 9907



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