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WGUS54 KOUN 220657

FFWOKC

OKC017-027-051-087-109-221000-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK

155 AM CDT TUE JUN 22 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CANADIAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA

  CLEVELAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA

  GRADY COUNTY IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA

  MCCLAIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA

  OKLAHOMA COUNTY IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA



* UNTIL 500 AM CDT



* AT 155 AM CDT...VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS REPORTED FROM THUNDERSTORMS   

ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF AMBER TO THE 

OKLAHOMA CITY METRO AREA. THE LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING SLOWLY 

SOUTHEASTWARD. RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL 

CONTINUE FOR ANOTHER HOUR OR TWO. THIS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN AREAS 

OF FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN URBAN AREAS. 



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE AMBER...ARCADIA...BETHANY...

  CHOCTAW...DEL CITY...EDMOND...HARRAH...JONES...LUTHER...MIDWEST

  CITY...MINCO...MOORE...MUSTANG...NEWCASTLE...NICHOLS HILLS...NICOMA

  PARK...NORTHERN LAKE THUNDERBIRD...NORTHERN NORMAN...OKLAHOMA

  CITY...PIEDMONT...POCASSET...SPENCER...STELLA...THE VILLAGE...

  TINKER AIR FORCE BASE...TUTTLE...UNION CITY...WARR ACRES AND YUKON



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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 3535 9811 3572 9768 3571 9710 3528 9714

      3523 9742 3507 9796



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