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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK

943 AM CDT THU OCT 7 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CADDO COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA

  KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA



* UNTIL 1245 PM CDT



* AT 943 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATES VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS OCCURRED 

ACROSS MUCH OF KIOWA AND SOUTHERN CADDO COUNTIES OVER THE LAST 

SEVERAL HOURS. RADAR ESTIMATES SHOW 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

OCCURRED IN AN AREA FROM NEAR LONE WOLF AND LAKE ALTUS-LUGERT EAST 

TO NEAR HOBART... APACHE AND CYRIL. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 

TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THIS AREA OVER THE NEXT COUPLE 

OF HOURS BEFORE THE RAIN ENDS. ALL THE ACTIVITY WAS MOVING TOWARD 

THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ANADARKO...APACHE...BOONE...

  CARNEGIE...CEMENT...CYRIL...FORT COBB...GOTEBO...HOBART...LAKE

  CHICKASHA...LONE WOLF...MOUNTAIN VIEW...SOUTHEASTERN ALTUS

  RESERVOIR AND STECKER



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM 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.



KEEP CHILDREN FROM PLAYING NEAR RUSHING FLOOD WATERS. THE BANKS OF

STREAMS AND FLOODWAYS ARE SLIPPERY AND RAIN SOFTENED GROUND MAY GIVE

WAY EASILY. DO NOT LET YOUR CHILD BE A VICTIM OF DANGEROUS FLOOD

WATERS



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 3487 9929 3487 9811 3514 9812 3512 9933



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