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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK

1035 PM CDT THU APR 11 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GRANT COUNTY IN NORTHERN OKLAHOMA



* UNTIL 130 AM CDT



* AT 1035 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED THAT VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS   

FALLING ACROSS MUCH OF GRANT COUNTY. BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN 

HAS FALLEN OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF HOURS ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL 

AND NORTHERN GRANT COUNTY. ADDITIOANAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES 

WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS GRANT COUNTY OVER THE NEXT HOUR. THIS LINE 

OF STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SLOWLY SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST AT 15 TO 

20 MPH. 



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE DEER CREEK...JEFFERSON...LAMONT...

  MEDFORD...NASH...POND CREEK...RENFROW AND WAKITA



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.



LAT...LON 3697 9750 3698 9808 3664 9808 3664 9747



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