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OKC073-081-083-109-119-290200-



URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK

703 PM CDT SAT JUL 28 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM

FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR PEOPLE

IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...



IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA

     KINGFISHER...NORTHERN OKLAHOMA...NORTHERN LINCOLN...LOGAN...

     AND PAYNE



AT 700 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED VERY HEAVY 

THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR KINGFISHER EAST ACROSS MUCH OF 

LOGAN...PAYNE...AND NORTHERN LINCOLN COUNTIES. THESE THUNDERSTORMS 

WERE MOVING EAST ACROSS THE SAME AREAS...BUT AT THE SAME TIME WERE 

BUILDING SLOWLY SOUTH INTO NORTHERN OKLAHOMA COUNTY. NEW 

THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING IN KINGFISHER COUNTY...ALSO MOVING EAST 

RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL RATES EXCEED 2 INCHES PER HOUR IN SOME 

AREAS...MAINLY FROM NEAR GUTHRIE TOWARD STILLWATER. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS

AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS

AND FARM LANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW 

LYING AREAS COULD BE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



KEEP CHILDREN FROM PLAYING NEAR RUSHING FLOOD WATERS. THE BANKS OF

STREAMS AND FLOODWAYS ARE SLIPPERY AND RAIN SOFTENED GROUND MAY GIVE

WAY EASILY. DO NOT LET YOUR CHILD BE A VICTIM OF DANGEROUS FLOOD

WATERS



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE 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.



LAT...LON 3616 9665 3565 9666 3565 9776 3586 9804

          3615 9760



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