Flash Flooding/NWS

Flash Flood Warning
Oklahoma (Oklahoma)

FLASH FLOOD WARNING
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
550 PM CDT TUE JUL 6 2010
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN CANADIAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...
NORTHWESTERN CLEVELAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...
NORTHEASTERN GRADY COUNTY IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...
EXTREME NORTHWESTERN MCCLAIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...
SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA COUNTY IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...
* UNTIL 845 PM CDT
* AT 547 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY
RAIN FROM NEARLY STATIONARY THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF
OF OKLAHOAM CITY EXTENDING WEST TO TUTTLE AND EAST TO DEL CITY.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE DEL CITY...FOREST PARK...MIDWEST
CITY...MOORE...MUSTANG...NICOMA PARK...OKLAHOMA CITY...SPENCER...
STANLEY DRAPER LAKE...TINKER AIR FORCE BASE...TUTTLE AND VALLEY
BROOK.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 116 AND 132.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 143 AND 164.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 44 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 108 AND 122.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
AROUND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN SOME OF THESE AREAS. AN
ADDITIONAL 2 OR 3 INCHES IS LIKELY IN PARTS OF SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA
CITY. 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.
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.
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LAT...LON 3546 9727 3533 9734 3529 9762 3526 9769
3522 9775 3534 9796 3542 9778 3558 9732$$
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