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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK

115 AM CDT WED AUG 14 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 415 AM CDT



* AT 115 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED THAT VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS   

FALLING OVER MUCH OF SOUTHERN ATOKA AND NORTHERN BRYAN COUNTIES. 

RADAR ESTIMATES AND MESONET REPORTS INDICATE HOURLY RAINFALL RATES 

OF 2 TO 3 INCHES...WITH STORM TOTALS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES IN MANY AREAS. 

ADDITIONAL HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA MAY MOVE 

INTO THESE AREAS LATER TONIGHT. 



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

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

CARTWRIGHT...COLBERT...DURANT...HENDRIX...KEMP...KENEFIC...LANE...  

MEAD...SILO...TUSHKA...UTICA AND WADE.



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.

AS LITTLE AS 6 INCHES OF WATER MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR

VEHICLE. TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES

INCLUDING SUVS AND PICKUP TRUCKS. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER

SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3433 9640 3385 9660 3370 9632 3386 9595

          3417 9595 3416 9579 3438 9579



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