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WGUS74 KOUN 181718

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK

1209 PM CDT MON JUN 18 2007



OKC069-123-181745-

JOHNSTON OK-PONTOTOC OK-

1209 PM CDT MON JUN 18 2007



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

PONTOTOC AND JOHNSTON COUNTIES...



AT 1209 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING HEAVY RAINFALL EXTENDED 

FROM NEAR ADA...SOUTHWARD TO NEAR LAWRENCE...FITTSTOWN...BROMIDE...

AND MILBURN...MOVING SLOWLY EASTWARD...WITH RAINFALL BETWEEN 0.75 

AND 1.5 INCHES PER HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH 

THROUGH EARLY OR MID AFTERNOON. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FLOODING HAVE 

BEEN RECEIVED...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING.



AT 1145 AM...HIGHWAY 7D NEAR BROMIDE WAS UNDERWATER...BUT WAS STILL 

PASSABLE...AND 6 INCHES OF WATER WAS REPORTED IN BROMIDE CITY HALL.



AT 1130 AM...4 TO 6 INCHES OF WATER WAS COVERING COLD SPRINGS ROAD 

EAST OF MILL CREEK.



AT 1045 AM...FLOODING OF A HOME WAS REPORTED IN ROFF. COUNTY ROAD 

3460 WAS CLOSED BETWEEN 2 AND 4 MILES NORTH OF ROFF...DUE TO 

CANADIAN SANDY CREEK FLOWING OUT OF ITS BANKS. THE EAST END OF 

GREASEY BEND ROAD WAS CLOSED NEAR RAVIA. 



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 181718

FFSOUN



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK

1209 PM CDT MON JUN 18 2007



OKC069-123-181745-

JOHNSTON OK-PONTOTOC OK-

1209 PM CDT MON JUN 18 2007



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

PONTOTOC AND JOHNSTON COUNTIES...



AT 1209 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING HEAVY RAINFALL EXTENDED 

FROM NEAR ADA...SOUTHWARD TO NEAR LAWRENCE...FITTSTOWN...BROMIDE...

AND MILBURN...MOVING SLOWLY EASTWARD...WITH RAINFALL BETWEEN 0.75 

AND 1.5 INCHES PER HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH 

THROUGH EARLY OR MID AFTERNOON. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FLOODING HAVE 

BEEN RECEIVED...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING.



AT 1145 AM...HIGHWAY 7D NEAR BROMIDE WAS UNDERWATER...BUT WAS STILL 

PASSABLE...AND 6 INCHES OF WATER WAS REPORTED IN BROMIDE CITY HALL.



AT 1130 AM...4 TO 6 INCHES OF WATER WAS COVERING COLD SPRINGS ROAD 

EAST OF MILL CREEK.



AT 1045 AM...FLOODING OF A HOME WAS REPORTED IN ROFF. COUNTY ROAD 

3460 WAS CLOSED BETWEEN 2 AND 4 MILES NORTH OF ROFF...DUE TO 

CANADIAN SANDY CREEK FLOWING OUT OF ITS BANKS. THE EAST END OF 

GREASEY BEND ROAD WAS CLOSED NEAR RAVIA. 



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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