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TXC077-240300-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK

617 PM CDT FRI APR 23 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CLAY COUNTY IN NORTHERN TEXAS



* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT



* AT 617 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

VERY HEAVY RAIN WITH AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS COVERING THE EASTERN 

HALF OF ARCHER COUNTY. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. 

HEAVY RAIN FALLING ON SATURATED GROUND FROM LAST NIGHTS FLOODING 

RAINS WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN SOUTHERN CLAY 

COUNTY...ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 287.



* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

  VASHTI...JOY...BUFFALO SPRINGS...BLUEGROVE AND BELLEVUE.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES...AND FARM

LAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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 3378 9843 3347 9840 3348 9799 3379 9798

      3378 9811



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