Flash Flooding in Oklahoma

FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1250 PM CDT MON JUN 09 2008

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1250 PM CDT MON JUN 09 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR
THE NORTH CANADIAN RIVER AT OKLAHOMA CITY.

* UNTIL LATE TONIGHT.

* AT 12:00 PM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 17.1 FEET.

* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.

* FLOOD STAGE IS 17.0 FEET.

* FORECAST...THE NORTH CANADIAN RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING AND
CREST NEAR 18.0 FEET EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE NORTH CANADIAN
RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE MONDAY EVENING.

* IMPACT...AT 18 FEET...LOW-LYING CROPLANDS AND PASTURES EAST OF
OKLAHOMA CITY NEAR THE TOWNS OF SPENCER AND JONES ARE BRIEFLY
FLOODED.

* FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO THE PREVIOUS CREST STAGE OF
17.4 FEET ON SEPTEMBER 10...2007.

PEOPLE IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD ACT NOW TO EVACUATE AND MOVE TO
HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT ENTER ALREADY FLOODED AREAS OR ATTEMPT TO
CROSS ROADWAYS COVERED BY HIGH WATER. STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION BY LISTENING TO WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA SOURCES.