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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
636 PM CDT WED MAY 7 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
LOGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...
* UNTIL 930 PM CDT
* AT 636 PM CDT...VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS CONTINUING TO FALL FROM A
NEARLY STATIONARY CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM
GUTHRIE... NORTH ACROSS THE CENTRAL PART OF THE COUNTY. MODERATE TO
OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAIN WAS ALSO CONTINUING OVER THE REMAINDER OF
THE COUNTY. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IN EXCESS OF 3 INCHES HAS FALLEN
DURING THE DAY OVER PARTS OF LOGAN COUNTY WHILE ADDITIONAL HEAVY
RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. FLASH FLOODING IS
LIKELY IN LOW LYING AREAS... ESPECIALLY ACROSS CENTRAL LOGAN
COUNTY... AND ALSO ALONG TRIBUTARIES OF SKELETON CREEK AND THE
CIMARRON RIVER.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE CEDAR VALLEY...CIMARRON CITY...
COYLE...CRESCENT...GUTHRIE...LANGSTON...LOVELL...MERIDIAN...
MULHALL...NAVINA AND SEWARD.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 148 AND 165.
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.
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 SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUP TRUCKS. MOVE TO HIGHER
GROUND.
LAT...LON 3612 9738 3604 9735 3599 9735 3600 9732
3593 9715 3574 9715 3572 9745 3575 9765
3615 9763
CJS
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