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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK

958 PM CDT SAT MAY 19 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR STEPHENS COUNTY UNTIL 1030 PM...



FLOODING CONTINUED IN DUNCAN BETWEEN 9 AND 930 PM... WITH ELEVENTH 

STREET BARRICADED NEAR THE COURTHOUSE. HOWEVER... FLOOD WATER LEVELS 

HAD STABILIZED... AND WATER WAS NO LONGER RISING. RADAR INDICATES 

THAT RAIN WILL LIKELY END OVER MUCH OF STEPHENS COUNTY BY 1030 PM. 

THEREFORE... FLOODING CONDITIONS IN THE DUNCAN AREA SHOULD IMPROVE 

BY MIDNIGHT. THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 

1030 PM. 



RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY REDEVELOP IN THE AREA LATER TONIGHT... 

WHICH COULD RESULT IN ADDITIONAL FLOODING. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH 

REMAINS IN EFFECT OVERNIGHT FOR STEPHENS COUNTY... AS WELL AS MOST 

OF THE REST OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA.  



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.

THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY.

VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO

HIGHER GROUND.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE TO

HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT DRIVE VEHICLES INTO

AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.



LAT...LON 3468 9760 3431 9758 3430 9813 3467 9813



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