Urban and small stream flood advisory for Woodward County, National Weather Service, Norman

THU SEP 16 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED AN

* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR…
  CENTRAL WOODWARD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA…

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT

* AT 325 PM CDT…WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED VERY HEAVY RAIN IN
WOODWARD AND THE SURROUNDING AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE BETWEEN
1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE PAST HOUR WITH SOME
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL POSSIBLE.

LOCATIONS IN THE ADVISORY INCLUDE MOORELAND…TANGIER AND WOODWARD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS ON
SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS…AND PONDING OF WATER IN URBAN AREAS…
HIGHWAYS…STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR DRAINAGE
AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

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