URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 405 AM CDT MON JUL 29 2013 ...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS MAINLY NORTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MIDDAY TUESDAY... .THE COMBINATION OF A VERY MOIST AIRMASS...UNSTABLE AIR...AND LIFT FROM A WEAK MID LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL ALLOW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING ACROSS THE AREA...ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA WHERE ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL MAY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING. RAINFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF 3 INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE. OKZ006>008-012-013-019-020-026-292145- /O.NEW.KOUN.FF.A.0004.130729T1800Z-130730T1800Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ ALFALFA-GRANT-KAY-GARFIELD-NOBLE-LOGAN-PAYNE-LINCOLN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHEROKEE...MEDFORD...PONCA CITY... ENID...PERRY...GUTHRIE...STILLWATER...CHANDLER 405 AM CDT MON JUL 29 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...NORTHERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...LINCOLN...LOGAN AND PAYNE. IN NORTHERN OKLAHOMA...GARFIELD...GRANT...KAY AND NOBLE. IN NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA...ALFALFA. * FROM 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH 1 PM TUESDAY * EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IS LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING FROM ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS. * FLASH FLOODING CAN LEAD TO ROAD WASHOUTS AND UNEXPECTED SINKHOLES. RIVERS...CREEKS...AND STREAMS MAY RISE OUT OF THEIR BANKS...FLOODING NEARBY RESIDENCES AND BUSINESSES. NEVER ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED ROADWAYS IF YOU CANNOT SEE HOW DEEP THE WATER IS...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MONITOR WEATHER FORECASTS AND INFORMATION. MAKE PLANS TO GET TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING HAPPENS.
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