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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK

126 AM CDT MON JUN 9 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GARFIELD COUNTY IN NORTHERN OKLAHOMA...

  MAJOR COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA...



* UNTIL 730 AM CDT



* AT 126 AM CDT...VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL OCCUR WITH SEVERAL 

THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EAST ACROSS PARTS OF MAJOR AND GARFIELD COUNTY. 

THIS AREA RECEIVED SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN SUNDAY EVENING. HOWEVER... 

ONE TO THREE INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE 

STORMS EARLY THIS MORNING. SOME OF THIS RAIN WILL ALSO LIKELY FALL 

IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE AMES...BISON...BRECKENRIDGE...

  CHESTER...CLEO SPRINGS...DOUGLAS...DRUMMOND...ENID...FAIRMONT...

  FAIRVIEW...ISABELLA...LAHOMA...MENO...NORTH ENID...ORIENTA...

  ORION...RINGWOOD...VANCE AIR FORCE BASE AND WAUKOMIS.



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 3618 9757 3616 9895 3636 9894 3640 9862

      3639 9859 3640 9857 3653 9761



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