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OKC027-051-081-087-109-125-101700-



URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK

923 AM CDT WED OCT 10 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM 

FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL NOON WEDNESDAY FOR PEOPLE IN THE 

FOLLOWING COUNTIES...



IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA

     SOUTHERN GRADY...CLEVELAND...MCCLAIN...SOUTHEAST                

     OKLAHOMA...SOUTHERN LINCOLN AND NORTHERN POTTAWATOMIE



AT 930 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED VERY HEAVY 

RAIN WITH A THIN LINE OF STORMS THAT EXTENDED FROM SOUTH OF 

CHICKASHA TO BLANCHARD TO NORMAN TO MCLOUD AND PRAGUE.  RAINFALL RATES

UP TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS SLOW MOVING LINE

OF STORMS.  



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.



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 3570 9661 3543 9664 3533 9682 3501 9716

          3484 9812 3536 9766



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