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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK

733 PM 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



* UNTIL 1130 PM CST



* AT 733 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED THAT MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN 

WAS FALLING ACROSS BRYAN AND ATOKA COUNTIES.  SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS ARE CONTINUING TO DEVELOP ACROSS NORTH TEXAS THIS

EVENING AND WILL LIKELY CAUSE AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES

OF RAIN TO FALL OVER THE NEXT TWO TO THREE HOURS.  RAINFALL OVER

THE PAST 24 HOURS HAS RANGED FROM 4 TO 6 INCHES ACROSS THE WARNED

COUNTIES.   



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

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

CARTWRIGHT...CHOCKIE...COLBERT...DAISY...DURANT...HENDRIX...KEMP...  

KENEFIC...LANE...MEAD...SILO...STRINGTOWN...TUSHKA...UTICA...WADE   

AND WARDVILLE



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES...AND FARM

LAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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 3365 9632 3390 9579 3460 9572 3468 9584

          3467 9603 3442 9615 3442 9642 3418 9642

          3386 9671

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