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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK

233 PM CDT FRI MAY 16 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  KINGFISHER COUNTY IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA

  NORTHWESTERN LOGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA



* UNTIL 430 PM CDT



* AT 233 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED THAT VERY HEAVY RAIN HAD

  FALLEN FROM NORTHWESTERN LOGAN COUNTY SOUTH OF MARSHALL TO NEAR

  KINGFISHER AND OKARCHE.  THE OKLAHOMA MESONET RECORDED NEARLY TWO

  INCHES OF RAIN IN ONE HOUR AND RADAR ESTIMATES AROUND THREE INCHES

  OF RAIN IN ONE HOUR HAS FALLEN BETWEEN DOVER AND LOVELL.

  THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THESE AREAS THROUGH THE MID

  AFTERNOON HOURS PRODUCING ADDITIONAL RAIN.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE CRESCENT...DOVER...KINGFISHER... 

  LOVELL...MARSHALL...OKARCHE AND ORLANDO



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 3617 9775 3573 9816 3574 9790 3592 9759

          3615 9738



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