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Heavy rain warnings

owiebrain
14 years ago

Check your local areas for watches and warnings. I'll snip & copy a couple pieces from mine here. With the ground already saturated here, heavy rain will be the last thing we need.

"* HEAVY RAIN WILL BEING TO IMPACT PARTS OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON...AND WILL SHIFT INTO SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS BY EARLY FRIDAY. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON...WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS APPROACHING 7 INCHES POSSIBLE.

* THE PROLONGED NATURE OF THIS RAINFALL EVENT MAY CAUSE SEVERAL AREA RIVERS AND STREAMS TO APPROACH OR EXCEED FLOOD STAGE. IN ADDITION...DUE TO THE TROPICAL NATURE OF THE AIRMASS...EXTREME RAINFALL RATES ARE POSSIBLE AND COULD LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING."

And

"THE PERIOD FROM EARLY THURSDAY THROUGH MID DAY FRIDAY WILL

EXPERIENCE WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. THE MAGNITUDE OF MOISTURE THAT WILL INTERACT WITH THIS FRONTIS HIGHLY UNUSUAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR...WITH THE SLOW MOVING FRONT ACTING TO PROVIDE AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF LIFT. THE RESULT WILL BE WIDESPREAD 2 TO 4 INCH RAINFALL AMOUNTS ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS APPROACHING

7 INCHES CERTAINLY POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY RAIN

POTENTIAL...SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY AS THE FRONT FIRST ENTERS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA WITH LARGE HAIL THE MOST LIKELY IMPACT. DRY AND COOL WEATHER WILL RETURN FOR THE WEEKEND."

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