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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK

315 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 530 AM CDT



* AT 313 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED THAT THE VERY HEAVY RAIN 

SEEN EARLIER THIS MORNING HAD SHIFTED SOUTH AND EAST. HOWEVER...WITH 

OCCASIONALLY MODERATE RAIN CONTINUING OVER THE WARNING AREA...FLASH 

FLOODING WILL STILL BE LIKELY THROUGH 515 AM. 



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

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



RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 4 TO 8 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER PORTIONS 

OF THE WARNING AREA...MAINLY OVER EXTREME NORTHERN HARMON...WESTERN 

GREER...AND MUCH OF BECKHAM COUNTIES.



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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