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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK

128 AM CDT SUN AUG 19 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CANADIAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...

  GRADY COUNTY IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...

  CADDO COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA...

  COMANCHE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA...



* UNTIL 730 AM CDT



* AT 128 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS IN CADDO... EASTERN COMANCHE... 

WESTERN CANADIAN... AND WESTERN GRADY COUNTIES. THIS AREA OF RAIN 

WILL SLOWLY SHIFT EAST. RAINFALL RATES OF TWO TO THREE INCHES PER 

HOUR WILL OCCUR... WITH LOCAL 3 HOUR RAINFALL TOTALS OF FIVE TO 

SEVEN INCHES POSSIBLE. THIS WILL RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE CHICKASHA...EASTERN LAWTON AND EL

  RENO.



THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 100 AND 129.



THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 44 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 34 AND 90.



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 9852 3445 9839 3483 9779 3571 9790



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