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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
939 AM CDT THU MAY 23 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
WESTERN MCCLAIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...
OKLAHOMA COUNTY IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...
CENTRAL KINGFISHER COUNTY IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...
NORTHEASTERN GRADY COUNTY IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...
CLEVELAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...
EASTERN CANADIAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...
SOUTHWESTERN LOGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...
* UNTIL 1245 PM CDT
* THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUE FROM EASTERN PARTS
OF CANADIAN COUNTY INTO OKLAHOMA AND CLEVELAND COUNTIES. FLOODING
IS ALREADY IN PROGRESS FROM VERY HEAVY RAIN EARLIER THIS MORNING.
CREEKS AND SMALL STREAMS IN THE AREA ARE FLOODING OR RUNNING
BANKFULL AND SOME ROADWAYS ARE BLOCKED BY HIGH WATER. ADDITIONAL
HEAVY RAIN IS LIKELY IN THE NEXT HOUR OR SO AS SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE OKLAHOMA
CITY... NORMAN...EDMOND...MIDWEST CITY...MOORE...DEL CITY...EL
RENO...KINGFISHER...STELLA...YUKON...BETHANY...CONCHO...
MUSTANG...THE VILLAGE...WARR ACRES...CHOCTAW...PURCELL...
NEWCASTLE...NOBLE...TUTTLE...NICHOLS HILLS...SPENCER...PIEDMONT...
SLAUGHTERVILLE...NICOMA PARK...LEXINGTON...GOLDSBY...OKARCHE...
CASHION AND WASHINGTON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.
MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.
LAT...LON 3539 9716 3487 9717 3524 9779 3587 9818
3601 9774
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