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OKC009-110545-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK

944 PM CDT WED SEP 10 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BECKHAM COUNTY IN WESTERN OKLAHOMA



* UNTIL 1245 AM CDT



* AT 944 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED THAT VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS   

FALLING OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN BECKHAM COUNTY. OTHER 

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL WILL MOVE OUT OF TEXAS AND 

ACROSS BECKHAM COUNTY AGAIN BEFORE MIDNIGHT. BASED ON RADAR 

ESTIMATES...SOME AREAS OF CENTRAL BECKHAM COUNTY HAVE LIKELY 

RECEIVED 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL. ANOTHER 2 TO 4 INCHES WILL PROBABLY 

FALL IN MUCH OF THE COUNTY THROUGH THE REST OF THE EVENING.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE CARTER...ERICK AND SAYRE



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 3536 9991 3507 9994 3513 9951 3546 9940



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