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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK

1108 PM CDT MON JUL 5 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ALFALFA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA



* UNTIL 200 AM CDT



* AT 1108 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

VERY HEAVY RAIN... WITH AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES... HAVE LIKELY 

FALLEN OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL ALFALFA COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST RAINS HAVE 

OCCURRED ALONG A BAND EXTENDING FROM JUST WEST OF LAMBERT... EAST TO 

THE GREAT SALT PLAINS RECREATION AREA. THE COMPLEX OF STORMS 

PRODUCING THE VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. AN ADDITIONAL 2 

TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE. ALTHOUGH THE HEAVIEST 

RAINS HAVE MISSED THE CHEROKEE AREA... VERY HEAVY RAINFALL HAS 

FALLEN IN THE COTTONWOOD CREEK BASIN... WHICH FEEDS INTO THE 

CHEROKEE AREA. 



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE CHEROKEE...GREAT SALT PLAINS

  LAKE...INGERSOLL...JET AND LAMBERT



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.



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 3681 9813 3681 9851 3658 9851 3659 9811



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