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WGUS74 KOUN 181633

FFSOUN



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK

1126 AM CDT MON JUN 18 2007



OKC069-123-181745-

JOHNSTON OK-PONTOTOC OK-

1126 AM CDT MON JUN 18 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 PM CDT FOR

PONTOTOC AND JOHNSTON COUNTIES...



AT 1126 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUING TO DEVELOP OVER 

MUCH OF PONTOTOC AND JOHNSTON COUNTIES. SINCE EARLY THIS 

MORNING...RADAR INDICATES BETWEEN 3 AND 5 INCHES OF RAIN FALLING IN 

ROFF AND LAWRENCE IN PONTOTOC COUNTY...AND BETWEEN 2 AND 3.5 INCHES 

OVER TROY AND PONTOTOC IN JOHNSTON COUNTY. STORMS HAVE WEAKENED 

SLIGHTLY SINCE EARLY THIS MORNING...BUT ARE STILL CAPABLE OF 

PRODUCING 1 TO 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN IN AN HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS ARE 

EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY WEAKEN...THEN DIMINISH BY EARLY OR MID 

AFTERNOON.



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.



KEEP CHILDREN FROM PLAYING NEAR RUSHING FLOOD WATERS. THE BANKS OF

STREAMS AND FLOODWAYS ARE SLIPPERY AND RAIN SOFTENED GROUND MAY GIVE

WAY EASILY. DO NOT LET YOUR CHILD BE A VICTIM OF DANGEROUS FLOOD

WATERS



LAT...LON 3488 9689 3420 9686 3417 9641 3441 9642

      3453 9651 3470 9650 3489 9642



$$



JAMES

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000 

WGUS74 KOUN 181633

FFSOUN



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK

1126 AM CDT MON JUN 18 2007



OKC069-123-181745-

JOHNSTON OK-PONTOTOC OK-

1126 AM CDT MON JUN 18 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 PM CDT FOR

PONTOTOC AND JOHNSTON COUNTIES...



AT 1126 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUING TO DEVELOP OVER 

MUCH OF PONTOTOC AND JOHNSTON COUNTIES. SINCE EARLY THIS 

MORNING...RADAR INDICATES BETWEEN 3 AND 5 INCHES OF RAIN FALLING IN 

ROFF AND LAWRENCE IN PONTOTOC COUNTY...AND BETWEEN 2 AND 3.5 INCHES 

OVER TROY AND PONTOTOC IN JOHNSTON COUNTY. STORMS HAVE WEAKENED 

SLIGHTLY SINCE EARLY THIS MORNING...BUT ARE STILL CAPABLE OF 

PRODUCING 1 TO 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN IN AN HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS ARE 

EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY WEAKEN...THEN DIMINISH BY EARLY OR MID 

AFTERNOON.



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.



KEEP CHILDREN FROM PLAYING NEAR RUSHING FLOOD WATERS. THE BANKS OF

STREAMS AND FLOODWAYS ARE SLIPPERY AND RAIN SOFTENED GROUND MAY GIVE

WAY EASILY. DO NOT LET YOUR CHILD BE A VICTIM OF DANGEROUS FLOOD

WATERS



LAT...LON 3488 9689 3420 9686 3417 9641 3441 9642

      3453 9651 3470 9650 3489 9642



$$



JAMES

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