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WGUS74 KOUN 310339

FFSOKC

OKZ043-047-048-051-052-311000-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK

938 PM CST SAT MAR 30 2002



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT FOR

COAL...JOHNSTON...MARSHALL...ATOKA...AND BRYAN COUNTIES IN

SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA.



LATE THIS EVENING...AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WAS CENTERED

OVER NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...NOT FAR FROM THE DALLAS FORT WORTH AREA...

AND WAS MOVING EASTWARD. RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS...INCLUDING SOME

HEAVY RAIN...HAVE BEEN OCCURRING NEAR AND JUST NORTHEAST OF THE UPPER

LOW CENTER THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PERIODS OF RAIN AND

THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY SPREAD INTO THE WATCH AREA LATER TONIGHT AS

THE SYSTEM CONTINUES EASTWARD. THERE REMAINS A POSSIBILITY OF A FEW

HOURS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WATCH AREA LATER

TONIGHT...BEFORE THE SYSTEM AND ITS ASSOCIATED RAINFALL MOVE EAST OF

THE AREA LATER TONIGHT OR VERY EARLY ON SUNDAY.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL TELEVISION OR RADIO

STATIONS...OR INTERNET WEATHER SOURCES FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.



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