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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK

1200 AM CDT SUN AUG 19 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BLAINE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA...

  CUSTER COUNTY IN WESTERN OKLAHOMA...



* UNTIL 300 AM CDT



* AT MIDNIGHT CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM CENTRAL PARTS OF CUSTER COUNTY EASTWARD INTO 

SOUTHERN BLAINE COUNTY. RAINFALL OF 2.47 INCHES IN AN HOUR HAS 

ALREADY BEEN REPORTED IN SOUTHEAST CUSTER COUNTY NEAR WEATHERFORD. 

RAINFALL RATES OF ONE TO TWO AND A HALF INCHES PER HOUR WILL 

CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA. THIS WILL RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE CLINTON AND WEATHERFORD.



THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 64 AND 83.



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.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE TO

HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT DRIVE VEHICLES INTO

AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.



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 3548 9910 3557 9832 3580 9835 3566 9918



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