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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK

217 AM CDT TUE MAR 20 2007



OKC103-200845-

NOBLE OK-

217 AM CDT TUE MAR 20 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 AM CDT FOR NOBLE

COUNTY...



AT 217 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES 

THAT 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN SINCE LATE LAST EVENING OVER 

THE CENTRAL PART OF NOBLE COUNTY. ALTHOUGH THE HEAVIEST RAINS HAVE 

SUBSIDED OVER THIS AREA... AREAS OF FLOODING WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE 

AS RUNOFF FROM THE RAIN CONTINUES TO FLOW. THE HEAVIEST RAINS HAVE 

GENERALLY OCCURRED ALONG AND ABOUT 10 TO 15 MILES NORTH OF U.S. 

HIGHWAY 412. ROCK CREEK... ALONG WITH SOME OF ITS STREAMS AND 

TRIBUTARIES... COULD EXPERIENCE LOCAL FLOODING CONDITIONS.  



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BILLINGS...CERES... AND RED ROCK... 

ALONG WITH INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 190 AND 204.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF CAN CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND 

STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES...AND FARM LAND ALONG 

THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE TO

HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT DRIVE VEHICLES INTO

AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.



LAT...LON 3630 9745 3637 9703 3653 9704 3653 9745



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