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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK

542 AM CDT FRI JUN 13 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA



* UNTIL 845 AM CDT



* AT 542 AM CDT...SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DROPPED HEAVY RAIN 

OVER MUCH OF KIOWA COUNTY EARLY THIS MORNING. RAINFALL RATES OF OF 1 

TO 1.5 INCHES PER HOUR WILL PERSIST FOR THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO. THIS 

WILL LIKELY RESULT IN AREAS OF FLOODING. 



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE GOTEBO...HOBART...MOUNTAIN PARK...

  ROOSEVELT AND TOM STEED RESERVOIR



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.



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 3507 9931 3491 9918 3462 9897 3487 9888

          3489 9863 3509 9875



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