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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK

138 AM CDT SUN AUG 19 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA...

  WASHITA COUNTY IN WESTERN OKLAHOMA...



* UNTIL 445 AM CDT



* AT 138 AM CDT...THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAD MOVED OUT OF KIOWA AND 

WASHITA COUNTY. HOWEVER... THE VERY HEAVY RAIN THAT HAS JUST FALLEN 

WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING PROBLEMS ACROSS EASTERN 

KIOWA AND EASTERN WASHITA COUNTIES THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE HOBART.



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 3547 9915 3479 9914 3489 9864 3547 9863



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