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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK

623 PM CDT WED APR 9 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN HUGHES COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...



* UNTIL 930 PM CDT



* AT 623 PM CDT...VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS REPORTED FROM A THUNDERSTORM 

6   MILES NORTH OF LAMAR...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. ONE TO TWO INCHES 

OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF HUGHES COUNTY. 

ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE 

ACROSS THIS AREA OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. THESE STORMS WILL BE 

CAPABLE OF PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES OF ONE TO POSSIBLY TWO INCHES 

PER HOUR.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE DUSTIN...HOLDENVILLE...HORNTOWN...

  LAMAR...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.



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 3516 9598 3503 9609 3496 9648 3513 9646

      3513 9644 3529 9643 3530 9598



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