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OKC011-017-073-083-109-181130-



URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK

330 AM CDT TUE SEP 18 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM

FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 AM CDT TUESDAY MORNING FOR PEOPLE

IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...



IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA

     KINGFISHER...CANADIAN...OKLAHOMA AND LOGAN



IN NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA

     BLAINE



AT 330 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A LARGE AREA OF HEAVY RAINFALL FROM

CENTRAL BLAINE COUNTY NEAR WATONGA...EAST ACROSS KINGFISHER AND CANADIAN

COUNTIES...INTO OKLAHOMA AND SOUTHERN LOGAN COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE 

OKLAHOMA CITY METRO AREA.  ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN IS COMMON IN THESE 

AREAS...WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS NEAR THREE INCHES. SOME STREETS IN THE KINGFISHER

AREA WERE REPORTED TO BE FLOODED AT 325 AM. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL 

THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING RESULTING IN ADDITIONAL FLOODING.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL 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 ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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 3576 9715 3538 9714 3559 9853 3601 9854



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