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OKC053-071-240000-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK

355 PM CDT FRI JUL 23 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN GRANT COUNTY IN NORTHERN OKLAHOMA

  WESTERN KAY COUNTY IN NORTHERN OKLAHOMA



* UNTIL 700 PM CDT



* AT 355 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED VERY HEAVY       

  RAINFALL FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR MEDFORD. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

  AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL FROM NEAR      

  RENFRO TO MEDFORD AND DEER CREEK TO LAMONT.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BRAMAN...DEER                     

  CREEK...JEFFERSON...LAMONT...MEDFORD...NARDIN...POND CREEK AND     

  RENFROW



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

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

LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO 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 3662 9785 3661 9740 3699 9724 3700 9773



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