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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK

1105 PM CDT FRI AUG 29 2003



A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT AND SATURDAY FOR MUCH OF 

NORTHERN...WESTERN... CENTRAL... AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN 

NORTH TEXAS.



WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY EVENING MAINLY ACROSS WESTERN... 

SOUTHERN AND NORTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA... AND THE WESTERN PART OF NORTH 

TEXAS HAVE PRODUCED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES IN SOME 

AREAS. ISOLATED TOTALS OF THREE INCHES OR MORE HAVE LIKELY OCCURRED 

IN PARTS OF WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. ALTHOUGH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA HAS 

AVOIDED MOST OF THE RAIN DURING THE EVENING... SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY SPREAD INTO THE AREA DURING 

THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. 



ABUNDANT MOISTURE ACROSS THE REGION WAS CONTRIBUTING TO THE 

WIDESPREAD SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. MEANWHILE... A SERIES 

OF WEAK UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEMS WERE MOVING OVER THE SOUTHERN 

PLAINS FROM THE WEST. A THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOW BOUNDARY ACROSS 

NORTHERN TEXAS... AND A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT SITUATED OVER 

KANSAS... WILL ALSO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR ADDITIONAL SHOWER AND 

THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THROUGH SATURDAY.



DUE TO LIGHT WINDS ALOFT AND THE PRESENCE OF DEEP MOISTURE OVER THE 

AREA...THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY BE SLOW MOVING AND WILL BE CAPABLE 

OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL TOTALS OF 1 TO 

3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREA BY LATE SATURDAY...WITH 

LOCAL TOTALS IN EXCESS OF 5 INCHES POSSIBLE. 



THE MOST LIKELY AREA FOR HEAVY RAIN FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT WILL 

BE ACROSS WESTERN PORTIONS OF OKLAHOMA AND NORTH TEXAS. SIGNIFICANT 

RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN 

OKLAHOMA ON SATURDAY... ALTHOUGH IT IS DIFFICULT AT THIS TIME TO 

DETERMINE SPECIFIC LOCATIONS THAT ARE MOST LIKELY TO RECEIVE THE 

HEAVIEST RAINFALL.  



PEOPLE WITHIN THE FLOOD WATCH AREA SHOULD MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS 

CLOSELY. BE READY TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED 

OR A WARNING IS ISSUED.



IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...

RIVERS... OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS

SHOULD AVOID CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING

RAINS.



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.



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