Flooding Expected in The Central States

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1228 PM CDT WED SEP 10 2008

...CORRECTED SECOND LINE OF THE SYNOPSIS TEXT...

...OCCASIONAL AREAS OF FLOODING RAIN LIKELY THROUGH THE WEEKEND...

.FOR SEVERAL DAYS...AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL ANCHOR A MODERATELY
STRONG JET STREAM FROM THE BAJA PENINSULA ACROSS MEXICO...WESTERN
NORTH TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA. THE JET STREAM WILL COMBINE WITH A COLD
FRONT...AND DEEP MOISTURE...TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN. THE
AXIS OF GREATEST RAIN WILL LIFT FROM THE RED RIVER TOWARD WESTERN
AND NORTHERN OKLAHOMA FROM TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THIS ALONE WILL
RESULT IN SOME FLOODING. THEN THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE IKE ARE
EXPECTED TO AFFECT A GOOD PART OF THE REGION BEGINNING LATE
SATURDAY. IKE MAY BRING EXTREMELY HEAVY RAIN...WHICH IS CURRENTLY
EXPECTED CLOSE TO AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 44...BUT THIS PATH COULD
CHANGE. THE COMBINATION OF THE TWO WEATHER SYSTEMS MAY PRODUCE
SIGNIFICANT FLOODING OVER A LARGE AREA...AND COULD LINGER INTO
EARLY NEXT WEEK.

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HARPER-WOODS-ALFALFA-GRANT-KAY-ELLIS-WOODWARD-MAJOR-GARFIELD-
NOBLE-ROGER MILLS-DEWEY-CUSTER-BLAINE-KINGFISHER-LOGAN-PAYNE-
BECKHAM-WASHITA-CADDO-CANADIAN-OKLAHOMA-LINCOLN-GRADY-MCCLAIN-
CLEVELAND-POTTAWATOMIE-SEMINOLE-HUGHES-HARMON-GREER-KIOWA-JACKSON-
TILLMAN-COMANCHE-STEPHENS-GARVIN-MURRAY-PONTOTOC-COAL-COTTON-
JEFFERSON-CARTER-JOHNSTON-ATOKA-LOVE-MARSHALL-BRYAN-HARDEMAN-
FOARD-WILBARGER-WICHITA-KNOX-BAYLOR-ARCHER-CLAY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUFFALO...ALVA...CHEROKEE...MEDFORD...
PONCA CITY...ARNETT...WOODWARD...FAIRVIEW...ENID...PERRY...
CHEYENNE...TALOGA...WEATHERFORD...CLINTON...WATONGA...
KINGFISHER...GUTHRIE...STILLWATER...ELK CITY...SAYRE...CORDELL...
ANADARKO...YUKON...EL RENO...MUSTANG...OKLAHOMA CITY...CHANDLER...
CHICKASHA...PURCELL...NORMAN...MOORE...SHAWNEE...SEMINOLE...
HOLDENVILLE...HOLLIS...MANGUM...HOBART...ALTUS...FREDERICK...
LAWTON...DUNCAN...PAULS VALLEY...SULPHUR...ADA...COALGATE...
WALTERS...WAURIKA...ARDMORE...TISHOMINGO...ATOKA...MARIETTA...
MADILL...DURANT...QUANAH...CHILLICOTHE...CROWELL...VERNON...
WICHITA FALLS...MUNDAY...KNOX CITY...SEYMOUR...ARCHER CITY...
HOLLIDAY...LAKESIDE CITY...HENRIETTA
1228 PM CDT WED SEP 10 2008

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF OKLAHOMA AND NORTHERN TEXAS...
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN OKLAHOMA...ALFALFA...
ATOKA...BECKHAM...BLAINE...BRYAN...CADDO...CANADIAN...CARTER...
CLEVELAND...COAL...COMANCHE...COTTON...CUSTER...DEWEY...
ELLIS...GARFIELD...GARVIN...GRADY...GRANT...GREER...HARMON...
HARPER...HUGHES...JACKSON...JEFFERSON...JOHNSTON...KAY...
KINGFISHER...KIOWA...LINCOLN...LOGAN...LOVE...MAJOR...
MARSHALL...MCCLAIN...MURRAY...NOBLE...OKLAHOMA...PAYNE...
PONTOTOC...POTTAWATOMIE...ROGER MILLS...SEMINOLE...STEPHENS...
TILLMAN...WASHITA...WOODS AND WOODWARD. IN NORTHERN TEXAS...
ARCHER...BAYLOR...CLAY...FOARD...HARDEMAN...KNOX...WICHITA AND
WILBARGER.

* THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING

* EXCESSIVE RAIN MAY GRADUALLY LEAD TO WIDESPREAD FLOODING

* GRADUAL ACCUMULATIONS OF HEAVY RAIN WILL BEGIN IN WESTERN NORTH
TEXAS...AND SPREAD NORTH AND EASTWARD ACROSS OKLAHOMA. HEAVY
RAIN MAY PERSIST IN WESTERN AND NORTHERN OKLAHOMA INTO THE EARLY
PART OF THE WEEKEND. THEN THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE IKE WILL
AFFECT THE REGION BEGINNING LATE SATURDAY. ALTHOUGH THE EXACT
TRACK OF IKE IS UNCERTAIN...IT IS VERY LIKELY TO AFFECT SOME
PARTS OF THE REGION...WITH GREATER ODDS ALONG AND EAST OF A
WICHITA FALLS TO ENID LINE. IKE COULD BRING EXTREMELY HEAVY
RAIN...AND CAUSE WIDESPREAD FLOODING.

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. REMEMBER THAT
WITH ONGOING RAIN...PREPARATIONS OF PROPERTY AND LIVESTOCK MAY
REQUIRE MORE TIME.

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 733

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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 733
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
235 PM CST WED NOV 14 2007
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
NORTHWEST ALABAMA
EASTERN ARKANSAS
NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI
WESTERN AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE
EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 235 PM UNTIL
800 PM CST.
HAIL TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70
MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 100
STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES NORTHEAST OF
JACKSON TENNESSEE TO 15 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF GREENWOOD
MISSISSIPPI. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).
REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE
FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH
AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR
THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY
DO PRODUCE TORNADOES.
DISCUSSION...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...INCLUDING A FEW SEVERE
STORMS...HAVE ALREADY DEVELOPED AS OF 20Z OVER WRN AND PARTS OF
MIDDLE TN. AIR MASS IS BECOMING MARGINAL TO MODERATELY UNSTABLE
ACROSS WW AND BOTH DEEP ASCENT AND SHEAR ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE
THROUGH THE EVENING. EXPECT THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE AND INTENSITY TO
THEREFORE INCREASE WITH PRIMARY THREATS OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS...WITH POTENTIAL FOR SUPERCELLS AND SMALL LINES.
AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60
KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 400. MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 29035.
...EVANS
. MISSISSIPPI COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
ALCORN BENTON BOLIVAR
CALHOUN CARROLL CHICKASAW
CHOCTAW CLAY COAHOMA
DESOTO GRENADA ITAWAMBA
LAFAYETTE LEE LEFLORE
LOWNDES MARSHALL MONROE
MONTGOMERY OKTIBBEHA PANOLA
PONTOTOC PRENTISS QUITMAN
SUNFLOWER TALLAHATCHIE TATE
TIPPAH TISHOMINGO TUNICA
UNION WEBSTER YALOBUSHA