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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK

907 PM CST MON MAR 18 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ATOKA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA

  BRYAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA

  MARSHALL COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA



* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST



* AT 907 PM CST...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS

EXTENDING FROM NORTH TEXAS INTO SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA.  DURING THE NEXT

ONE TO TWO HOURS AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 1.5 INCHES OF RAINFALL IS LIKELY

ACROSS PORTIONS OF ATOKA...BRYAN...AND MARSHALL COUNTIES.  THIS WILL

BRING RAINFALL AMOUNTS TO NEAR 4 INCHES ACROSS PARTS OF BRYAN AND 

ATOKA COUNTIES WHICH WILL RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING.  



ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT AND AGAIN ON 

TUESDAY.   



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.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.

THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY.

VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO

HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3392 9688 3377 9619 3393 9597 3413 9597

          3422 9579 3456 9580 3468 9607 3444 9608

          3439 9638 3417 9641 3416 9687



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