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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK

638 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

  JOHNSTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA

  MARSHALL COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA



* UNTIL 945 AM CST



* SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL WILL MOVE   

  FROM NORTH TEXAS INTO PARTS OF SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA EARLY THIS             

  MORNING. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DUMPING 

  ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL ON AREAS THAT RECEIVED BETWEEN 3 AND 

  5 INCHES OF RAIN LAST NIGHT. THIS ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL 

  RESULT IN AREAS OF FLASH FLOODING.    



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ACHILLE...ALBANY...ARMSTRONG...

  ATOKA...BENNINGTON...BLUE...BOKCHITO...CADDO...CALERA...CANEY...

  CARTWRIGHT...CHOCKIE...COLBERT...COLEMAN...DURANT...HENDRIX...

  KEMP...KENEFIC...KINGSTON...LANE...LITTLE CITY...MADILL...

  MCBRIDE...MEAD...NIDA...OAKLAND...SILO...STRINGTOWN...TUSHKA...

  UTICA...WADE...WILLIS AND WOODVILLE



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.



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 3410 9685 3332 9683 3391 9578 3467 9596

          3443 9613

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