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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK

816 PM CDT MON AUG 18 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN WICHITA COUNTY IN NORTHERN TEXAS...

  SOUTHWESTERN COTTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA...

  SOUTHEASTERN TILLMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA...



* UNTIL 1115 PM CDT



* AT 811 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  NEARLY SIX INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BURKBURNETT...DEVOL...GRANDFIELD

  AND RANDLETT.



THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 44 IN OKLAHOMA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 6.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

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

CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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.



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 3425 9871 3418 9850 3419 9843 3403 9860

      3401 9873



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