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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK

1215 AM CDT THU SEP 11 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GREER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA

  HARMON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA

  BECKHAM COUNTY IN WESTERN OKLAHOMA



* UNTIL 315 AM CDT



* AT 1215 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED THAT VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS

  FALLING FROM 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF SAYRE TO 4 MILES EAST OF

  MCKNIGHT...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE CARTER...ERICK...GOULD...HOLLIS...

  MANGUM...MCKNIGHT...MCQUEEN...SAYRE...VINSON AND WILLOW



RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN AN HOUR 

OVER WESTERN PARTS OF THESE COUNTIES LATE LAST EVENING. OTHER 

THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE WILL MOVE ACROSS THESE 

AREAS OVERNIGHT BRINGING MUCH MORE RAIN OVERNIGHT.



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 3538 9993 3472 9998 3457 9982 3476 9949

          3537 9939



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