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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK

1233 AM CDT TUE AUG 19 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...



* UNTIL 430 AM CDT



* AT 1229 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  

  THAT BETWEEN THREE AND SIX INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN OVER MUCH OF  

  THE WARNED AREA OVER THE LAST THREE HOURS.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE RYAN...SUGDEN AND WAURIKA.



WITH SOILS ALREADY SATURATED...ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL BE 

IMMEDIATELY CONVERTED TO RUNOFF. 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 3422 9805 3428 9772 3401 9778 3401 9801



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