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OKC053-310200-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK

705 PM CDT SAT AUG 30 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GRANT COUNTY IN NORTHERN OKLAHOMA



* UNTIL 900 PM CDT



* AT 705 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED THAT MODERATE TO LOCALLY 

HEAVY RAIN WAS CONTINUING OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF GRANT COUNTY. 

WITH MANY STREETS STILL CLOSED IN AREAS THAT HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED 

SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN...WATER FROM ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL PROLONG THE 

FLOODING. ANOTHER ONE THIRD TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF RAIN IS 

POSSIBLE BEFORE THE RAIN ENDS FOR THE EVENING. ADDITIONAL RAIN MAY 

RETURN TO THE AREA LATER TONIGHT. 



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

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



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 3699 9812 3661 9811 3660 9747 3700 9745



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JAMES

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