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WGUS54 KOUN 301217

FFWOKC

OKC059-301515-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK

715 AM CDT MON AUG 30 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HARPER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA



* UNTIL 1015 AM CDT



* AT 711 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  TORRENTIAL RAIN CONTINUING TO FALL IN A NARROW BAND OVER HARPER    

  COUNTY...FROM JUST NORTH OF BUFFALO...EXTENDING SOUTHWESTWARD TO   

  NEAR MAY. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 6 TO 8 INCHES OF RAIN HAS   

  FALLEN JUST NORTHWEST OF BUFFALO SINCE 4 AM...WHICH MAY RESULT     

  IN FLASH FLOODING OF THE BUFFALO CREEK...AND U.S. ROUTES 63 AND 183

  NEAR BUFFALO. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 OF RAIN MAY FALL BEFORE DIMINISHING.  



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUFFALO AND MAY



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 3700 9965 3660 9988 3661 9965 3699 9942



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JAMES

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