Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Norman, OK

Issued

Jun 16, 1997, 10:29 PM CDT (03:29 UTC)

Expired

Jun 17, 1997, 12:15 AM CDT

In force

106 min

Issued by

NWS Norman, OK

Area

Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Stephens County, OK

000 
TTAA00 KOKC 170329
FFWOKC
OKC137-170515-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1029 PM CDT MON JUN 16 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1215 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES

IN SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA
     STEPHENS

INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
     COMANCHE...DUNCAN...LOCO AND VELMA

DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN
FROM NEAR VELMA TO COMANCHE AND JUST WEST OF DUNCAN.  THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE OVER STEPHENS COUNTY FOR THE NEXT
COUPLE OF HOURS.  FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AND POORLY DRAINED AREAS ARE
LIKELY...ESPECIALLY OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE COUNTY.   

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY.  THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO
CROSS SAFELY.  VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE
ABANDONED QUICKLY.  MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.  REMEMBER...MOST
DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.  IT ONLY TAKES A
FOOT OR TWO OF FLOWING WATER TO WASH MOST CARS AWAY.


LAT...LON 3433  9760 3432  9810 3463  9808 3462  9759


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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.