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OKC073-191400-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK

254 AM CDT SUN AUG 19 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  KINGFISHER COUNTY IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...



* UNTIL 900 AM CDT



* AT 254 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN KINGFISHER COUNTY. 

RAINFALL RATES OF ONE TO THREE INCHES PER HOUR ARE LIKELY. RAINFALL 

AMOUNTS OF FIVE TO EIGHT INCHES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THE VERY HEAVY 

RAIN WILL RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE KINGFISHER.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AND FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF

CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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 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 3573 9820 3573 9768 3599 9769 3599 9821



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