Severe Thunderstorm Watch/Flood Watch

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE FOR WS 181
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
903 PM CDT WED APR 09 2008

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 181 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
OKC015-017-027-031-033-049-051-055-057-065-067-075-081-083-087-
109-119-125-137-141-149-100600-
/O.CON.KWNS.SV.A.0181.000000T0000Z-080410T0600Z/
OK
. OKLAHOMA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

CADDO CANADIAN CLEVELAND
COMANCHE COTTON GARVIN
GRADY GREER HARMON
JACKSON JEFFERSON KIOWA
LINCOLN LOGAN MCCLAIN
OKLAHOMA PAYNE POTTAWATOMIE
STEPHENS TILLMAN WASHITA
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
325 PM CDT WED APR 9 2008
OKZ008-012-013-018>020-023>032-037>048-050>052-TXZ086-089-090-
100930-
/O.CON.KOUN.FA.A.0001.000000T0000Z-080411T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
KAY-GARFIELD-NOBLE-KINGFISHER-LOGAN-PAYNE-CADDO-CANADIAN-OKLAHOMA-
LINCOLN-GRADY-MCCLAIN-CLEVELAND-POTTAWATOMIE-SEMINOLE-HUGHES-
TILLMAN-COMANCHE-STEPHENS-GARVIN-MURRAY-PONTOTOC-COAL-COTTON-
JEFFERSON-CARTER-JOHNSTON-ATOKA-LOVE-MARSHALL-BRYAN-WICHITA-
ARCHER-CLAY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PONCA CITY...ENID...PERRY...
KINGFISHER...GUTHRIE...STILLWATER...ANADARKO...YUKON...EL RENO...
MUSTANG...OKLAHOMA CITY...CHANDLER...CHICKASHA...PURCELL...
NORMAN...MOORE...SHAWNEE...SEMINOLE...HOLDENVILLE...FREDERICK...
LAWTON...DUNCAN...PAULS VALLEY...SULPHUR...ADA...COALGATE...
WALTERS...WAURIKA...ARDMORE...TISHOMINGO...ATOKA...MARIETTA...
MADILL...DURANT...WICHITA FALLS...ARCHER CITY...HOLLIDAY...
LAKESIDE CITY...HENRIETTA
325 PM CDT WED APR 9 2008
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING...

THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF OKLAHOMA AND NORTHERN TEXAS...INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING AREAS...IN OKLAHOMA...ATOKA...BRYAN...CADDO...
CANADIAN...CARTER...CLEVELAND...COAL...COMANCHE...COTTON...
GARFIELD...GARVIN...GRADY...HUGHES...JEFFERSON...JOHNSTON...
KAY...KINGFISHER...LINCOLN...LOGAN...LOVE...MARSHALL...
MCCLAIN...MURRAY...NOBLE...OKLAHOMA...PAYNE...PONTOTOC...
POTTAWATOMIE...SEMINOLE...STEPHENS AND TILLMAN. IN NORTHERN
TEXAS...ARCHER...CLAY AND WICHITA.

* THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING

* A WARM..MOIST AIRMASS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHWARD ACROSS
TEXAS INTO OKLAHOMA TONIGHT IN ADVANCE OF A POWERFUL STORM
SYSTEM TO THE WEST. SEVERAL ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WILL OCCUR WITH WIDESPREAD 2 TO 3 INCH RAINFALL AMOUNTS. A FEW
AREAS MAY RECEIVE UP TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN BEFORE THE STORM SYSTEM
LIFTS NORTH AND EAST OF THE AREA THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

* THE RAINFALL COULD LEAD TO FLOODING OF STREAMS AND OTHER LOW-
LYING AREAS... AND POSSIBLY FLASH FLOODING IN AREAS WHERE
HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS TRACK OVER THE SAME AREAS. MAINSTEM RIVER
FLOODING MAY ALSO OCCUR DUE TO EXCESSIVE RUNOFF.

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE
FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE
PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.