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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK

229 AM CST SAT FEB 24 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING FOR

MUCH OF WESTERN NORTH TEXAS...AND THE SOUTHERN HALF OF

OKLAHOMA....



AT 225 AM...WIDESPREAD RAIN HAS ENDED TEMPORARILY ACROSS MUCH OF

SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...HOWEVER STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE

DEVELOPING ACROSS THE EASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE AND WESTERN OKLAHOMA.

THEREFORE...THE THREAT FOR HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING

WILL INCREASE ACROSS SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS

DURING THE NEXT HOUR.  FARTHER EAST ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL

OKLAHOMA...THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING WILL INCREASE BETWEEN

5 AND 7 AM.



RESIDENTS LIVING IN THE WATCH AREA...THAT LIVE NEAR FLOOD PRONE

AREAS...ARE ENCOURAGED TO KEEP INFORMED OF WEATHER TRENDS.



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