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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK

230 PM 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 230 PM...RADAR IMAGES INDICATED WIDELY SCATTERED TROPICAL SHOWERS 

WERE DRIFTING NORTH ACROSS A LARGE PART OF SOUTHERN...CENTRAL

AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA.  MOST OF THE RAIN WAS EAST OF HIGHWAY

81.  BRIEF BUT HEAVY RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE 

SHOWERS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL

AMOUNTS OVER THE NEXT HOUR WILL AVERAGE LESS THAN ONE QUARTER

OF AN INCH.  A RUMBLE OR TWO OF THUNDER IS ALSO POSSIBLE.  



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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