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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
754 PM CDT WED MAY 6 2015

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MCCLAIN OK-CADDO OK-OKLAHOMA OK-CANADIAN OK-GRADY OK-CLEVELAND OK-
754 PM CDT WED MAY 6 2015

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN MCCLAIN...SOUTHEASTERN CADDO...SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...
SOUTHEASTERN CANADIAN...NORTHERN GRADY AND CLEVELAND COUNTIES...

AT 754 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED
AREA. ONE TO FIVE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN THW WARNED AREA
SINCE 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON. DANGEROUS FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING
NEAR NEWCASTLE AND MOORE.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
OKLAHOMA CITY...NORMAN...MIDWEST CITY...MOORE...DEL CITY...
CHICKASHA...STELLA...MUSTANG...CHOCTAW...ANADARKO...NEWCASTLE...
NOBLE...HARRAH...TUTTLE...SPENCER...BLANCHARD...NICOMA PARK...
MINCO...UNION CITY...GOLDSBY...VERDEN...AMBER...COLE...POCASSET...
LAKE THUNDERBIRD...COGAR...TINKER AIR FORCE BASE...LAKE CHICKASHA...
NEWALLA AND STANLEY DRAPER LAKE.

DANGEROUS FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
AT LEAST 9 PM THIS EVENING!

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL LIKELY IN THE
WARNED AREA...ESPECIALLY FROM TUTTLE TO NEWCASTLE TO MOORE.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...EAST FORK
DELAWARE CREEK...EAST CREEK...PECAN CREEK...DAVE BLUE CREEK...LITTLE
RIVER...SILVER CREEK...TONY HOLLOW CREEK...NORTH FORK LITTLE RIVER...
POND CREEK...OTTER CREEK...BITTER CREEK...HOG CREEK...SUGAR CREEK...
DRIPPING SPRINGS CREEK...WEST ELM CREEK...SNAKE CREEK...SOUTH DEER
CREEK...WEST FORK SALT CREEK...ROCK CREEK...TONKAWA CREEK...WEST FORK
WILDHORSE CREEK...SMITH CREEK...NORTH CANADIAN RIVER...COW CREEK...
TWIN CREEK...LIGHTNING CREEK...SOLDIER CREEK...CHOCTAW CREEK...
MUSTANG CREEK AND WASHITA RIVER.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.  MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

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LAT...LON 3501 9775 3497 9841 3538 9811 3560 9714
      3519 9714

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