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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK

837 AM CDT SUN AUG 19 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  PONTOTOC COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...

  SEMINOLE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...

  MURRAY COUNTY IN SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...



* UNTIL 1130 AM CDT



* AT 837 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 4

  MILES SOUTHEAST OF BOWLEGS TO 6 MILES WEST OF ADA TO 3 MILES       

  NORTHWEST OF LAKE OF THE ARBUCKLES...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. RADAR  

  ESTIMATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE LAST ONE TO 

  TWO HOURS WITH AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE BEFORE THE     

  RAIN ENDS LATER THIS MORNING. 



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ADA...BOWLEGS...BYNG...DAVIS...

  DOUGHERTY...FITTSTOWN...FITZHUGH...FRANCIS...HICKORY...JESSE...

  KONAWA...LAKE OF THE ARBUCKLES...LIMA...ROFF...SASAKWA...

  SEMINOLE...STONEWALL...SULPHUR...TURNER FALLS...VANOSS AND WEWOKA.



THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 47 AND 56.



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.



KEEP CHILDREN FROM PLAYING NEAR RUSHING FLOOD WATERS. THE BANKS OF

STREAMS AND FLOODWAYS ARE SLIPPERY AND RAIN SOFTENED GROUND MAY GIVE

WAY EASILY. DO NOT LET YOUR CHILD BE A VICTIM OF DANGEROUS 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 3533 9675 3494 9677 3487 9690 3465 9692

      3459 9712 3441 9735 3435 9694 3451 9685

      3454 9653 3486 9643 3492 9653 3533 9646



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