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WGUS74 KOUN 081405

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK

900 AM CDT TUE MAY 8 2007



OKC027-051-087-109-081615-

OKLAHOMA OK-CLEVELAND OK-GRADY OK-MCCLAIN OK-

900 AM CDT TUE MAY 8 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 AM CDT FOR

MCCLAIN...GRADY...CLEVELAND AND OKLAHOMA COUNTIES...



AT 9 AM...RADAR SHOWED THE LEADING EDGE OF THE HEAVIEST RAIN 

EXTENDING FROM CHOCTAW...TO NOBLE....THEN INTO SOUTHWESTERN MCCLAIN 

COUNTY...WITH LIGHTER RAIN TO THE WEST. NUMEROUS INTERSECTION ACROSS 

THE OKLAHOMA CITY METROPOLITAN AREA HAVE BEEN CLOSED DUE TO 

FLOODING...INCLUDING PARTS OF INTERSTATE 40. THIS IS A DANGEROUS AND 

POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING SITUATION.



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.

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 3479 9807 3495 9719 3571 9717 3571 9761

      3538 9768 3513 9804



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JAMES

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