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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK

548 AM CDT FRI MAY 26 2006



OKC053-071-261215-

KAY OK-GRANT OK-

548 AM CDT FRI MAY 26 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 AM CDT FOR GRANT

AND KAY COUNTIES...



AT 548 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG A LINE 

EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES NORTH OF MANCHESTER TO 12 MILES SOUTH OF 

PONCA CITY. THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. 

RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT LOCAL TOTALS OF 3 TO 6 

INCHES HAVE LIKELY FALLEN OVERNIGHT IN A FEW LOCALES WITHIN THE 

WARNING AREA.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BLACKWELL...BRAMAN...DEER CREEK...

KAW CITY...KILDARE...MANCHESTER...MEDFORD...NARDIN...PECKHAM...PONCA

CITY...RENFROW...TONKAWA...WAKITA AND WESTERN KAW LAKE.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE PONCA CITY.



THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 212 AND 232.



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 SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUP TRUCKS. MOVE TO HIGHER

GROUND.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF MAY 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 3701 9811 3686 9811 3658 9714 3660 9690

      3680 9683 3701 9756



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