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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK

1127 PM CST FRI MAR 29 2002



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SATURDAY AND SATURDAY 

NIGHT FOR LOVE...CARTER...MURRAY...MARSHALL...JOHNSTON...COAL... 

ATOKA...AND BRYAN COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA.



A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM OVER SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO LATE 

FRIDAY EVENING WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS TEXAS THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. 

RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED OVER PARTS OF NORTHERN AND WESTERN  

TEXAS LATE FRIDAY...AND WILL SPREAD NORTH AND NORTHEAST INTO 

SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA SATURDAY. RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO 

CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY EVENING ACROSS MUCH OF NORTH TEXAS AND 

SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA AS THE SYSTEM CONTINUES TO MOVE EASTWARD. RAINFALL 

AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...WILL BE 

POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WATCH AREA BEFORE THE RAIN ENDS LATE SATURDAY 

NIGHT OR EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. RECENT HEAVY RAINS HAVE LEFT THE SOIL 

VERY MOIST IN SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA. ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL 

LIKELY RESULT IN RAPID RUNOFF...AND POSSIBLY FLOODING.



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING EXISTS

WITHIN THE WATCH AREA. PEOPLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD MONITOR

WEATHER CONDITIONS CLOSELY. BE READY TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF

FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED.



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