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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK

722 PM CDT FRI AUG 27 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WESTERN GARFIELD COUNTY IN NORTHERN OKLAHOMA... INCLUDING ENID.



* UNTIL 930 PM CDT



* AT 722 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL OVER MUCH OF WESTERN

  GARFIELD COUNTY... FROM ENID... TO LAHOMA AND DRUMMOND. THE STORMS

  RESPONSIBLE FOR THE HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING EAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE CARRIER...DRUMMOND...ENID...

  LAHOMA...VANCE AIR FORCE BASE AND WAUKOMIS



RADAR INDICATES THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN ON 

AREAS BETWEEN LAHOMA AND DRUMMOND... AFFECTING THE DRAINAGE AREAS 

FOR TURKEY CREEK AND ELM CREEK. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF ANOTHER 1 TO 

3 INCHES IS LIKELY IN THESE SAME AREAS... AND FARTHER EAST INTO ENID 

THROUGH 8 PM... RESULTING IN FLASH FLOODING ALONG TURKEY AND ELM 

CREEKS... AND ALSO IN MANY AREAS WITHIN THE CITY OF ENID.



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 3647 9810 3623 9810 3624 9776 3652 9778



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 MILLER

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