

000 

WGUS54 KOUN 191452

FFWOUN

OKC063-191745-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK

950 AM CDT SUN AUG 19 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HUGHES COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...



* UNTIL 1245 PM CDT



* AT 950 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM               

  THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO FALL ACROSS ALL OF HUGHES COUNTY. RADAR 

  ESTIMATES OF 1 TO 3 INHCES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE PAST COUPLE 

  OF HOURS WITH AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN LIKELY BEFORE    

  THE RAIN ENDS LATER THIS MORNING. ALL THIS ACTIVITY WAS MOVING     

  NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ATWOOD...CALVIN...DUSTIN...

  GERTY...HOLDENVILLE...HORNTOWN...LAMAR...SPAULDING...STUART...

  WETUMKA AND YEAGER.



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 3527 9641 3511 9646 3492 9649 3493 9639

      3477 9640 3478 9610 3509 9607 3528 9600



$$



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000 

WGUS54 KOUN 191452

FFWOUN

OKC063-191745-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK

950 AM CDT SUN AUG 19 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HUGHES COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...



* UNTIL 1245 PM CDT



* AT 950 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM               

  THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO FALL ACROSS ALL OF HUGHES COUNTY. RADAR 

  ESTIMATES OF 1 TO 3 INHCES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE PAST COUPLE 

  OF HOURS WITH AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN LIKELY BEFORE    

  THE RAIN ENDS LATER THIS MORNING. ALL THIS ACTIVITY WAS MOVING     

  NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ATWOOD...CALVIN...DUSTIN...

  GERTY...HOLDENVILLE...HORNTOWN...LAMAR...SPAULDING...STUART...

  WETUMKA AND YEAGER.



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 3527 9641 3511 9646 3492 9649 3493 9639

      3477 9640 3478 9610 3509 9607 3528 9600



$$



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