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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK

119 AM CDT TUE AUG 19 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN WICHITA COUNTY IN NORTHERN TEXAS...

  SOUTHWESTERN COTTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA...



* UNTIL 615 AM CDT



* AT 110 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED BETWEEN THREE AND SIX      

  INCHES OF RAINFALL OVER MUCH OF NORTHEASTERN WICHITA COUNTY OVER   

  THE LAST THREE HOURS. 



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BURKBURNETT...CASHION...IOWA      

  PARK...NORTHERN WICHITA FALLS...PLEASANT VALLEY AND SHEPPARD AFB.



HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE OFF AND ON THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING 

HOURS...WITH MANY LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNED AREA RECEIVING ANOTHER 

ONE TO TWO INCHES. WITH THE SOIL ALREADY SATURATED...ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL WILL BE QUICKLY CONVERTED TO RUNOFF. 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. 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 3389 9870 3413 9874 3413 9870 3415 9868

      3415 9866 3415 9865 3416 9843 3393 9843



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