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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1256 AM CDT THU MAY 7 2015

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MCCLAIN OK-CADDO OK-OKLAHOMA OK-CANADIAN OK-GRADY OK-CLEVELAND OK-
1256 AM CDT THU MAY 7 2015

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

AT 1255 AM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING AROUND
THE OKLAHOMA CITY METRO OVER 6 TO 7 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN THIS
EVENING.

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.

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

$$

KURTZ
