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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK

627 PM CDT SUN APR 7 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ATOKA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA

  BRYAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA

  COAL COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA

  JOHNSTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA

  MARSHALL COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA



* UNTIL 930 PM CDT



* AT 627 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED THAT HEAVY RAIN WAS         

  FALLING FROM AROUND THE MADILL AND DURANT AREAS NORTHEASTWARD      

  TOWARD COALGATE AND ATOKA. THE HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE  

  WITH AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAIN POSSIBLE IN THE NEXT ONE TO TWO    

  HOURS. WITH THE GROUND ALREADY SATURATED FROM EARLIER HEAVY        

  RAIN...THIS ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL LIKELY RESULT IN AREAS OF         

  FLOODING.  



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

  BLUE...BOKCHITO...BROMIDE...CADDO...CALERA...CANEY...CARTWRIGHT...

  CENTRAHOMA...CHOCKIE...CLARITA...COALGATE...COLBERT...COLEMAN...

  DURANT...FILLMORE...KENEFIC...LANE...LEHIGH...LITTLE CITY...

  MCBRIDE...MEAD...MILBURN...NIDA...OLNEY...PHILLIPS...SILO...

  STRINGTOWN...TUSHKA...UTICA...WAPANUCKA...WARDVILLE AND WOODVILLE



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.



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 3441 9657 3384 9678 3382 9620 3417 9598

          3453 9576 3483 9614

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