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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK

1023 PM CDT FRI APR 23 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GRANT COUNTY IN NORTHERN OKLAHOMA



* UNTIL 115 AM CDT



* AT 1023 PM CDT...THE GRANT COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT REPORTED ONE 

TO TWO FEET OF WATER OVER HIGHWAY 81 BETWEEN RENFROW AND THE KANSAS 

LINE. ALTHOUGH THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS ENDED FOR THE NIGHT... 

ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS GRANT COUNTY INTO THE 

EARLY MORNING CREATING ADDITIONAL RUNOFF.



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

RENFROW AND WAKITA.



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. 

VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.



LAT...LON 3701 9811 3661 9808 3684 9747 3701 9746



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