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OKC017-027-087-109-125-133-181400-



URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK

559 AM CDT TUE SEP 18 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM

FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 AM CDT TUESDAY MORNING FOR PEOPLE

IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...



IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...

CLEVELAND...MCCLAIN...CANADIAN...OKLAHOMA...SEMINOLE AND POTTAWATOMIE.



TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVERNIGHT ACROSS A LARGE PART OF

CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...INCLUDING THE OKLAHOMA CITY METRO AREA. 

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST THOUGH AT LEAST MID-MORNING 

AND ADD TO THE RAINFALL TOTALS. AS A RESULT...FLOODING OF POOR 

DRAINAGE AND LOW-LYING AREAS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH AT LEAST 900 AM.

 

RESIDENTS AND MOTORISTS SHOULD BE AWARE THAT 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 3571 9729 3544 9715 3524 9651 3496 9652

          3495 9762 3532 9765 3567 9809



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