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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK

925 PM CDT TUE JUN 4 2002



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT OVERNIGHT FOR MUCH OF NORTH 

CENTRAL...CENTRAL...AND SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA...AND ALL OF WESTERN 

NORTH TEXAS. THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ENID...PONCA 

CITY...OKLAHOMA CITY...LAWTON...ALTUS...AND ARDMORE IN OKLAHOMA. IN 

TEXAS...IT INCLUDES VERNON...QUANAH...SEYMOUR...WICHITA 

FALLS...ARCHER CITY...AND HENRIETTA.



A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTH INTO SOUTHEAST 

OKLAHOMA AND ACROSS NORTHERN AND WESTERN TEXAS THROUGH LATE 

TONIGHT. WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ALONG 

AND NORTH OF THE FRONT. CLUSTERS OF HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED 

TO TRACK NORTHEAST...PARALLEL TO THE FRONT...ACROSS WESTERN NORTH 

TEXAS INTO SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA. AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS 

TRACK ACROSS THE SAME AREAS...MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF HEAVY RAIN MAY LEAD 

TO FLASH FLOODING. RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE 

POSSIBLE...WITH TOTAL RAINFALL BY EARLY WEDNESDAY REACHING 2 TO 3 

INCHES IN MANY AREAS...AND POSSIBLY 5 INCHES LOCALLY. 



RAINFALL ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA IS EXPECTED TO BE MORE 

STEADY...AND OVERNIGHT AMOUNTS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE AS HIGH AS 

THOSE FARTHER SOUTH. HOWEVER...VERY HEAVY RAIN FELL IN PARTS OF 

NORTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA EARLIER IN THE DAY...WITH OVER 3 INCHES 

REPORTED IN THE PONCA CITY AREA. THE ADDED RAIN OVERNIGHT WILL LEAD 

TO ENHANCED RUNOFF AND POSSIBLE FLOODING IN AREAS WHERE HEAVY RAIN 

HAS ALREADY FALLEN. 



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED... ACT 

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT

TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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

STATIONS... OR INTERNET WEATHER SOURCES FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND

POSSIBLE WARNINGS.



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