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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK

1241 AM CDT FRI SEP 12 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ALFALFA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA...

  NORTHWESTERN BLAINE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA...

  EASTERN DEWEY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA...

  MAJOR COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA...

  EASTERN WOODS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA...



* UNTIL 430 AM CDT



* AT 1240 AM CDT...VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS FALLING ACROSS THE WARNED 

AREA EARLY THIS MORNING. RAINFALL RATES OVER 5 INCHES IN 3 HOURS HAS 

BEEN REPORTED IN DEWEY COUNTY... AND RADAR ESTIMATES SOME AREAS HAVE 

RECEIVED OVER 6 INCHES OF RAIN. WATER HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED OVER 

SOME ROADS IN THE WARNING AREA. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TO 

CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE EARLY MORNING HOURS AND ANY ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL WILL ENHANCE FLOODING POTENTIAL.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ALINE...ALVA...AMORITA...AVARD... 

BURLINGTON...BYRON...CAPRON...CARMEN... CHEROKEE...CHESTER...

CLEO SPRINGS...DACOMA...DRIFTWOOD...FAIRVIEW...HELENA...HOPETON...

HUCMAC...INGERSOLL...ISABELLA...LAMBERT...LONGDALE...ORIENTA...

ORION...PUTNAM...SEILING...TALOGA. THIS ALSO INCLUDES AREAS NEAR 

CANTON LAKE AND GREAT SALT PLAINS LAKE.



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 3700 9810 3618 9830 3606 9864 3582 9879

      3582 9909 3617 9897 3617 9895 3622 9895

      3700 9869



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