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WGUS74 KOUN 022131

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OKC027-081-109-125-022330-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK

430 PM CDT WED JUN 2 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR OKLAHOMA... 

CLEVELAND... LINCOLN AND POTTAWATOMIE COUNTIES...



AT 425 PM... THE INTENSE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT PRODUCED 

TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS ACROSS MUCH OF THE OKLAHOMA CITY METRO AREA 

EASTWARD TO SHAWNEE HAD MOVED SOUTHWARD... AND HEAVY RAIN HAD 

STOPPED FALLING ACROSS MOST OF THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING AREA.



HOWEVER... MANY LOCATIONS RECEIVED 2 TO POSSIBLY AS MUCH AS 4 INCHES 

OF RAIN IN LESS THAN AN HOUR EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON... AND RUNOFF 

FROM THESE RAINS WILL CONTINUE FOR ANOTHER HOUR OR TWO WHICH WILL 

CONTINUE TO PRODUCE SOME AREAS OF FLOODING INTO THE EVENING RUSH 

HOUR.  AREAS MOST AT RISK WILL BE SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS... URBAN 

AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE 

AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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.



THE THREAT OF FLOODING AND RESIDUAL HIGH WATER IS EXPECTED TO 

DIMINISH SIGNIFICANTLY BETWEEN 530 AND 630 PM.



LAT...LON 3561 9684 3524 9680 3513 9737 3533 9760

      3560 9764



$$

 MILLER

 

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000 

WGUS74 KOUN 022131

FFSOKC

OKC027-081-109-125-022330-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK

430 PM CDT WED JUN 2 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR OKLAHOMA... 

CLEVELAND... LINCOLN AND POTTAWATOMIE COUNTIES...



AT 425 PM... THE INTENSE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT PRODUCED 

TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS ACROSS MUCH OF THE OKLAHOMA CITY METRO AREA 

EASTWARD TO SHAWNEE HAD MOVED SOUTHWARD... AND HEAVY RAIN HAD 

STOPPED FALLING ACROSS MOST OF THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING AREA.



HOWEVER... MANY LOCATIONS RECEIVED 2 TO POSSIBLY AS MUCH AS 4 INCHES 

OF RAIN IN LESS THAN AN HOUR EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON... AND RUNOFF 

FROM THESE RAINS WILL CONTINUE FOR ANOTHER HOUR OR TWO WHICH WILL 

CONTINUE TO PRODUCE SOME AREAS OF FLOODING INTO THE EVENING RUSH 

HOUR.  AREAS MOST AT RISK WILL BE SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS... URBAN 

AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE 

AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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.



THE THREAT OF FLOODING AND RESIDUAL HIGH WATER IS EXPECTED TO 

DIMINISH SIGNIFICANTLY BETWEEN 530 AND 630 PM.



LAT...LON 3561 9684 3524 9680 3513 9737 3533 9760

      3560 9764



$$

 MILLER

 

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