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OKC075-301030-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK

230 AM CDT FRI APR 30 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA



* UNTIL 530 AM CDT



* AT 230 AM CDT...VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS BEEN FALLING SINCE MIDNIGHT 

ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN KIOWA COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATES 

INDICATE THAT 4 TO 6 INCHES OR MORE OF RAIN HAS FALLEN FROM NEAR 

HOBART... NORTHEAST TOWARDS GOTEBO AND MOUNTAIN VIEW. SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER NORTHERN KIOWA COUNTY 

RESULTING IN ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL DURING THE EARLY MORNING 

HOURS. CREEKS AND STREAMS ACROSS THE AREA... INCLUDING ELK...  

LITTLE ELK... RAINY MOUNTAIN AND STINKING CREEKS COULD EXPERIENCE 

RAPID RISES AND POSSIBLE FLOODING.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE COOPERTON...GOTEBO...HOBART...

  MOUNTAIN VIEW AND ROOSEVELT



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.



LAT...LON 3512 9921 3480 9916 3487 9860 3512 9866



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