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WGUS54 KOUN 060430

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OKC151-060730-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK

1127 PM CDT MON JUL 5 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WOODS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA



* UNTIL 230 AM CDT



* AT 1127 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING OVER THE EASTERN PART OF WOODS COUNTY. 

THE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING THE HEAVY RAINS WERE NEARLY STATIONARY. 

THE HEAVIEST RAINS... WITH AMOUNTS ESTIMATED TO BE AT LEAST 2 TO 4 

INCHES... HAVE FALLEN IN THE HOPETON AND DACOMA AREA. AN ADDITIONAL 

2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING 

HOURS.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ALVA...CAPRON AND DACOMA



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 3690 9853 3693 9868 3646 9873 3645 9852



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