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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK

406 AM CDT MON AUG 11 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...



* UNTIL 700 AM CDT



* AT 404 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 

DALE... TO SHAWNEE... TO TECUMSEH AD EARLSBORO...MOVING EAST AT 10 

MPH. RADAR ESTIMATED BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN 

ACROSS NORTHERN POTTOWATOMIE COUNTY OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF HOURS 

WITH ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE. SEVERAL ROADS 

WERE REPORTED TO BE CLOSED AT THIS TIME IN THE SHAWNEE AREA.  



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE AYDELOTTE...BETHEL ACRES...

  BROOKSVILLE...CENTERVIEW...DALE...EARLSBORO...HARJO...JOHNSON...

  MCLOUD...PINK...SHAWNEE AND TECUMSEH.



THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 174 AND 194.



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 3540 9665 3541 9671 3543 9672 3541 9675

      3541 9678 3515 9678 3513 9678 3523 9714

      3546 9714 3547 9661



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