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WGUS74 KOUN 251233

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OKC031-033-067-085-251300-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK

730 AM CDT SUN MAY 25 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR JEFFERSON...LOVE...COMANCHE... 

AND COTTON COUNTIES UNTIL 8 AM...



THE LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAS WEAKENED ACROSS 

SOUTHWESTERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...FROM LAWTON...TO 

WALTERS...TO WAURIKA...TO MARIETTA. RAINFALL RATES OF A FEW TENTHS 

OF AN INCH PER HOUR WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID MORNING. HOWEVER... 

FLOODING IS STILL LIKELY...ESPECIALLY IN LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE 

AREAS.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.

AS LITTLE AS 6 INCHES OF WATER MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR

VEHICLE. TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES

INCLUDING SUVS AND PICKUP TRUCKS. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER

SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH 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 FLASH FLOODING.



LAT...LON 3479 9841 3439 9821 3396 9706 3381 9713

          3421 9858 3476 9882



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