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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK

250 AM CDT THU APR 10 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...

  SEMINOLE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...



* UNTIL 845 AM CDT



* AT 250 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A LARGE AREA OF STRONG TO SEVERE              

  THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA. 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS      

  ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA AND AN ADDITIONAL  

  1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS LIKELY.   



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ASHER...BETHEL ACRES...BOWLEGS...

  BROOKSVILLE...CENTERVIEW...EARLSBORO...HARJO...JOHNSON...KONAWA...

  LIMA...LITTLE...MACOMB...MAUD...MCLOUD...PINK...SASAKWA...

  SEMINOLE...SHAWNEE...ST. LOUIS...TECUMSEH...TRIBBEY...TROUSDALE AND

  WEWOKA.



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.



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 VEHICLES INTO

AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.



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 3544 9660 3541 9659 3542 9656 3544 9656

      3544 9645 3512 9649 3492 9650 3497 9693

      3495 9713 3546 9713



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