THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A * SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR... SOUTHEASTERN ATOKA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA... * UNTIL 430 AM CDT * AT 230 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN THAT WILL CAUSE SMALL STREAM FLOODING IN THE ADVISORY AREA. A WEATHER STATION NEAR LANE HAS RECORDED OVER ONE INCH OF RAIN IN 40 MINUTES WITH RADAR ESTIMATES OF NEARLY 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN IN LESS THAN AN HOUR IN SOME LOCATIONS FROM TUSHKA TO LANE TO MCGEE CREEK LAKE. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE MINOR FLOODING INCLUDE TUSHKA AND LANE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING. IN HILLY TERRAIN MANY ROADS INCLUDE LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY. && LAT...LON 3425 9618 3434 9618 3443 9578 3422 9578 MC
Posted on: Mon, 11 Aug 2014 07:33:19 +0000
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