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FLASH FLOOD WARNING
OKC017-027-051-073-083-087-109-231445-
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
642 AM CDT THU MAY 23 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A

* 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 945 AM CDT

* AT 642 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED HEAVY
  RAIN. 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS
  MOST LIKELY OCCURRING.

* 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.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

$$

MBS

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