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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK

604 AM CDT FRI SEP 12 2008



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MAJOR OK-

604 AM CDT FRI SEP 12 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 AM CDT FOR 

CENTRAL AND EASTERN MAJOR COUNTY...



SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL OF 8 TO 10 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS 

PORTION OF MAJOR COUNTY FROM NORTH OF CANTON LAKE TO FAIRVIEW... 

ORIENTA... CLEO SPRINGS AND AREAS WEST AND NORTH OF RINGWOOD. OVER 8 

INCHES OF RAIN HAS BEEN MEASURED SINCE MIDNIGHT AT FAIRVIEW AND 10 

INCHES OF RAIN HAS LIKELY FALLEN IN AREAS JUST EAST AND NORTHEAST OF 

FAIRVIEW.



ALTHOUGH THE HEAVY PRECIPITATION HAS TEMPORARILY ENDED IN MAJOR 

COUNTY AS OF 6 AM... FLOODING IS STILL LIKELY THIS MORNING DUE TO 

THE HEAVY RAIN EARLIER THIS MORNING AND THURSDAY EVENING. ADDITIONAL 

RAIN IS MOVING INTO MAJOR COUNTY THAT MAY AFFECT SOME OF THE SAME 

REGIONS AND ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP THIS 

MORNING. RESIDENTS AND MOTORISTS NEED TO BE VERY AWARE OF THE 

FLOODING POTENTIAL THAT EXISTS ACROSS THE AREA EVEN IN AREAS THAT 

ARE NOT CURRENTLY EXPERIENCING HEAVY RAIN.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE CLEO SPRINGS...FAIRVIEW...ORIENTA 

AND RINGWOOD.



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.



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 3646 9848 3646 9815 3617 9840 3617 9865



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