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WGUS54 KOUN 090940

FFWOKC

OKC083-091130-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK

436 AM CDT THU OCT 9 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LOGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA



* UNTIL 630 AM CDT



* AT 436 AM CDT...HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER MUCH OF THE COUNTY      

  OVERNIGHT. THE MESONET SITE AT GUTHRIE HAS RECORDED OVER 3 INCHES  

  OF RAIN IN THAT TIME. RADAR ESTIMATES AS MUCH AS 5 INCHES OF RAIN  

  MAY HAVE FALLEN OVER PARTS OF THE COUNTY. PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN    

  WILL CONTINUE THROUGH ABOUT 530 AM BEFORE ENDING. 



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE CEDAR VALLEY...CIMARRON CITY...

  CRESCENT...GUTHRIE...LOVELL...MARSHALL...MERIDIAN...MULHALL AND

  NAVINA



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.



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 3616 9768 3573 9763 3572 9716 3593 9716

          3594 9738 3617 9743



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