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OKC003-030845-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK

1246 AM CDT THU OCT 3 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ALFALFA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA



* UNTIL 345 AM CDT



* AT 1246 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN 

CONTINUING TO MOVE NORTHEAST AROUND 35 MPH INTO ALFALFA COUNTY. 

NEARLY 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN DURING THE NIGHT CAUSING FLOODING 

IN LOW LYING AREAS... INCLUDING THE CHEROKEE AREA. SOME ROADS ACROSS 

THE COUNTY WERE ALSO CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN 

IS LIKELY DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE AMORITA...BURLINGTON...BYRON...

  CHEROKEE...DRIFTWOOD...INGERSOLL...JET AND LAMBERT



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 3660 9852 3658 9817 3697 9816 3695 9850



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