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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK

1200 AM CST TUE MAR 19 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 400 AM CST



* AT 1157 PM CST...UP TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER 

PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA.  ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING 

PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST 4 AM. LOCAL 

OFFICIALS REPORTS THAT SOME ROADS ARE CLOSED DUE TO WATER OVER THE 

ROADS... AND NUMEROUS TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS HAVE OCCURRED.  RAINFALL 

RATES AROUND 1 INCH PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH AT LEAST 2 AM... 

WHICH WILL ONLY MAKE CONDITIONS WORSE AS THE NIGHT PROGRESSES.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODS. 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 3418 9696 3387 9690 3375 9633 3387 9582

          3458 9570 3465 9604 3445 9613 3440 9639

          3413 9646

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