Flash Flood Warning 32, NWS Norman, OK

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WGUS74 KOUN 190413
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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1113 PM CDT MON AUG 18 2008

OKC033-141-TXC485-190415-
/O.CON.KOUN.FF.W.0032.000000T0000Z-080819T0415Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
COTTON OK-TILLMAN OK-WICHITA TX-
1113 PM CDT MON AUG 18 2008

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM CDT FOR
NORTHERN WICHITA...SOUTHEASTERN TILLMAN AND SOUTHWESTERN COTTON
COUNTIES...

AT 1111 PM CDT...HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED OVER THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 
FIVE AND SIX INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN BURKBURNETT. WEATHER 
SPOTTERS REPORTED SOME ROAD CLOSURES IN THE BURKBURNETT AREA DUE TO 
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.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES...AND FARM
LAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

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.

LAT...LON 3425 9871 3418 9850 3419 9843 3403 9860
      3401 9873

$$

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
319 PM CDT MON AUG 18 2008

.DISCUSSION...
UPPER LOW TRAVERSING THE TX PANHANDLE TODAY WILL CONT TO MEANDER
AROUND WESTERN/CENTRAL OK FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS. THIS WILL CONT TO
PROVIDE MUCH OF OK AND N TX WITH PRECIP CHANCES WITH GRADUALLY SHIFT
TO THE EAST BY WED INTO THU.

ALTHOUGH HAVE HAD SOME HEAVIER RAIN TODAY... IT REMAINS FAIRLY
ISOLATED AND CURRENT TRENDS SHOW THAT AREA WILL CONT TO SHIFT
LOCATIONS. DO NOT ANTICIPATE ANY HEADLINES AT THIS POINT. UPPER LOW
MAY/SHOULD FINALLY SHIFT NE OF THE AREA BY LATE THU AS IT GETS KICKED OUT
AS LARGE WAVE MOVES ACROSS PACIFIC NORTHWEST INTO SOUTH-CENTRAL
CANADA. THIS WAVE WILL TRY AND DRAG A SFC FRONT SOUTH INTO THE AREA
BY SAT WITH ADDITIONAL RAIN CHANCES FOR PARTS OF THE AREA.
OTHERWISE... COOLER THAN NORMAL TEMPS TO LIKELY CONT THROUGH MUCH OF
THE WEEK BEFORE SOME WARMER TEMPS BY NEXT WEEKEND.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
OKLAHOMA CITY OK  65  79  64  77 /  60  50  50  60
HOBART OK         65  78  63  80 /  70  50  30  30
WICHITA FALLS TX  66  79  63  83 /  70  60  30  30
GAGE OK           57  80  57  79 /  50  30  20  30
PONCA CITY OK     63  81  64  77 /  30  20  50  50
DURANT OK         67  73  66  80 /  90  80  70  60

&&

.OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...NONE.
TX...NONE.
&&

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1150 AM CDT MON AUG 18 2008

OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-191200-
HARPER-WOODS-ALFALFA-GRANT-KAY-ELLIS-WOODWARD-MAJOR-GARFIELD-NOBLE-
ROGER MILLS-DEWEY-CUSTER-BLAINE-KINGFISHER-LOGAN-PAYNE-BECKHAM-
WASHITA-CADDO-CANADIAN-OKLAHOMA-LINCOLN-GRADY-MCCLAIN-CLEVELAND-
POTTAWATOMIE-SEMINOLE-HUGHES-HARMON-GREER-KIOWA-JACKSON-TILLMAN-
COMANCHE-STEPHENS-GARVIN-MURRAY-PONTOTOC-COAL-COTTON-JEFFERSON-
CARTER-JOHNSTON-ATOKA-LOVE-MARSHALL-BRYAN-HARDEMAN-FOARD-WILBARGER-
WICHITA-KNOX-BAYLOR-ARCHER-CLAY-
1150 AM CDT MON AUG 18 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK COVERS NORTHERN...WESTERN...
CENTRAL...AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...THROUGH TONIGHT...

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED...BUT
SEVERE WEATHER IS UNLIKELY.

DISCUSSION...
WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH TONIGHT AS AN UPPER LEVEL LOW MOVES FROM NORTHEAST NEW
MEXICO INTO THE SOUTHEAST TEXAS PANHANDLE. LIMITED INSTABILITY WILL
MAKE THE PROBABILITY OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS UNLIKELY.

PROBABILITY TABLE...
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CDT TUESDAY AUG 19.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
              NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA...100 PERCENT.
PROBABILITY OF SEVERE STORMS IF STORMS OCCUR...10 PERCENT.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
THE VERY MOIST AIRMASS IN PLACE ALONG WITH THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE
THE RAIN SHOWERS WITH MAKE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
THE UPPER-LEVEL STORM WILL TRACK VERY SLOWLY ACROSS THE REGION
DURING THE UPCOMING WEEK. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR...
ESPECIALLY IN THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. THE GREATEST COVERAGE WILL BE
ACROSS SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. WEAK INSTABILITY
WILL LIMIT STORM INTENSITY. THE MAIN HAZARDS WILL BE OCCASIONAL
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS. THE UPPER-LEVEL
STORM IS EXPECTED TO LEAVE THE REGION BY THURSDAY. THUNDERSTORMS
COULD THEN RETURN TO THE FORECAST AS EARLY AS FRIDAY NIGHT...WHEN A
COLD FRONT APPROACHES NORTHERN OKLAHOMA.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
NONE.

THE NEXT SCHEDULED HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED AT 7 AM
TUESDAY MORNING.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
721 PM CDT MON AUG 18 2008

TXZ086-190045-
WICHITA TX-
721 PM CDT MON AUG 18 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR WICHITA COUNTY.

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BURKBURNETT AT
721 PM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 7 MPH. TORRENTIAL RAIN...AS WELL AS SOME
SMALL HAIL...ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
814 PM CDT MON AUG 18 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0800 PM     FLASH FLOOD      2 NW FAXON              34.48N 98.60W
08/18/2008                   COMANCHE           OK   PUBLIC

            COUNTRY ROAD WASHED OUT AND UNPASSABLE

&&

JPIKE