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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK

706 PM CDT TUE JUN 24 2008



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COMANCHE OK-

706 PM CDT TUE JUN 24 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR

CENTRAL COMANCHE COUNTY...



AT 706 PM CDT...THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH CAUSED THE FLASH FLOODING 

WERE MOVING SOUTH...OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. FLOOD WATERS WILL BE 

SLOW TO FALL...HOWEVER...AS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 

INDICATED THAT 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN CENTRAL COMANCHE 

COUNTY THIS EVENING. THE AFFECTED AREAS INCLUDE THE WESTERN ONE 

THIRD OF THE CITY OF LAWTON...UP TO MEDICINE PARK AND LAKE 

LAWTONKA...AND ALONG INTERSTATE 44 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 44 AND 50. 

THIS INCLUDES THE CENTRAL PORTION OF FORT SILL.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL 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.



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.



LAT...LON 3479 9849 3479 9832 3459 9846 3459 9854

      3466 9861



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