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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK

1136 AM CDT SUN AUG 31 2003



A FLASH FLOOD AND FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TODAY

FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA AND PARTS OF

WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.



AT 1130 AM...RADAR IMAGES INDICATED A THIN LINE OF SHOWERS

WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR PONCA CITY TO

STILLWATER TO EDMOND TO OKLAHOMA CITY TO PURCELL TO RYAN AND

BELLEVUE...TEXAS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS THROUGH 1 PM

WILL RANGE FROM ONE QUARTER INCH TO ONE HALF INCH WITH A

FEW ONE INCH AMOUNTS.  AREAS AROUND WESTERN GARVIN COUNTY

ARE MORE PRONE TO FLASH FLOODING THIS AFTERNOON

AS RECENT RAINFALL AMOUNT HAVE AVERAGED OVER 6 INCHES.



IF YOU ARE IN THE FLOOD WATCH AREA 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.

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