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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK

1130 AM CDT SUN AUG 19 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SEMINOLE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...



* UNTIL 130 PM CDT



* AT 1130 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR            

  INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS MUCH OF 

  SEMINOLE COUNTY. RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES OF BETWEEN 2 AND 4       

  INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN ACROSS SEMINOLE COUNTY  WITH AN         

  ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE BEFORE THE RAIN ENDS BY EARLY    

  THIS AFTERNOON. 



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BOWLEGS...LIMA...LITTLE...

  SASAKWA...SEMINOLE AND WEWOKA.



THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 196 AND 212.



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.



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 3539 9676 3491 9674 3491 9649 3542 9646



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