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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK

603 AM CDT MON AUG 18 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN COTTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA...



* UNTIL NOON CDT



* AT 557 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  PERSISTENT HEAVY RAIN IN EASTERN COTTON COUNTY. DIRECT 

  OBSERVATIONS AT WALTERS INDICATED FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN 

  SINCE MIDNIGHT. RADAR ALSO INDICATED A BROAD AREA OF 3.5 TO 4.5 

  INCH RAIN TOTALS FROM WALTERS TO TEMPLE...AND BACK WEST TO NEAR 

  INTERSTATE 44 AT COOKIETOWN. MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE 

  THIS MORNING... CREATING EXCESSIVE RAIN TOTALS APPROACHING 6 

  INCHES LOCALLY. FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY IN THIS AREA. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AND FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF 

CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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 3442 9836 3442 9814 3416 9814 3420 9840



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