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WGUS54 KOUN 011159

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OKC031-011400-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK

659 AM CDT THU JUL 1 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  COMANCHE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA



* UNTIL 900 AM CDT



* AT 656 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 3 INCHES

  PER HOUR ACROSS MUCH OF THE NORTHERN HALF OF COMANCHE COUNTY...

  INCLUDING THE WICHITA MOUNTAINS AND THE CITY OF LAWTON.  THESE

  STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 TO 35 MPH.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE CACHE...ELGIN...FLETCHER...FORT

  SILL...INDIAHOMA...LAKE ELLSWORTH...LAKE LAWTONKA...LAWTON...

  MEDICINE PARK...MEERS...STERLING AND WICHITA MOUNTAINS WILDLIFE

  REFUGE



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS... IN ADDITION TO THE 1 TO 2 

INCHES OF RAIN THAT FELL EARLIER THIS MORNING... WILL CAUSE FLASH 

FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. 

COUNTRY ROADS AND FARM LANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS 

AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING. IN 

ADDITION... POORLY DRAINED AREAS IN AND AROUND THE CITY OF LAWTON 

WILL BE SUBJECT TO URBAN FLASH FLOODING.



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 3484 9882 3455 9879 3446 9857 3452 9817

      3485 9810



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 MILLER

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