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000 FPUS74 KOUN 191158 NOWOUN SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 658 AM CDT SUN AUG 19 2007 OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-191400- ALFALFA-ARCHER-ATOKA-BAYLOR-BECKHAM-BLAINE-BRYAN-CADDO-CANADIAN- CARTER-CLAY-CLEVELAND-COAL-COMANCHE-COTTON-CUSTER-DEWEY-ELLIS-FOARD- GARFIELD-GARVIN-GRADY-GRANT-GREER-HARDEMAN-HARMON-HARPER-HUGHES- JACKSON-JEFFERSON-JOHNSTON-KAY-KINGFISHER-KIOWA-KNOX-LINCOLN-LOGAN- LOVE-MAJOR-MARSHALL-MCCLAIN-MURRAY-NOBLE-OKLAHOMA-PAYNE-PONTOTOC- POTTAWATOMIE-ROGER MILLS-SEMINOLE-STEPHENS-TILLMAN-WASHITA-WICHITA- WILBARGER-WOODS-WOODWARD- 658 AM CDT SUN AUG 19 2007 .NOW... ...REGIONAL WEATHER DISCUSSION... POTENTIAL WILL REMAIN HIGH FOR EXCESSIVELY HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS FLASH FLOODING THROUGH MID MORNING OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA. THE POTENTIAL ALSO WILL CONTINUE FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE BY MIDDAY. AN EXTRAORDINARY WEATHER EVENT CONTINUES TO UNFOLD OVER CENTRAL OKLAHOMA EARLY THIS MORNING AS THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM ERIN HAVE INTENSIFIED... RESULTING IN WHAT AMOUNTS TO AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM. AT 650 AM... THE WELL-DEFINED CENTER WAS LOCATED VERY CLOSE TO PIEDMONT BASED ON RADAR AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS... MOVING SLOWLY EAST AT 10 MPH. A BAND OF FLOOD-PRODUCING RAIN WAS LOCATED FROM CRESCENT TO WELLSTON TO SHAWNEE TO PAULS VALLEY... AND SOUTHWESTWARD TO NEAR DUNCAN. OTHER HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER SOUTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA... FROM THE TURNER FALLS AREA SOUTH AND SOUTHWESTWARD TO WEST OF ARDMORE. THE HEAVY RAIN AREAS WERE MOVING SLOWLY EAST AT AROUND 10 MPH. STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE IN THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY OF THE STORM CENTER... ESPECIALLY WITHIN 50 MILES OF THE CENTER NEAR PIEDMONT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL BE LIKELY... AND GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. WEAK TORNADOES WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS AS WELL. THE MAIN HAZARD WILL BE TORRENTIAL RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING. RAINFALL OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR WILL QUICKLY INUNDATE LOW LYING AREAS AND LEAD TO IMPASSABLE ROADS AND LOCALLY VERY DANGEROUS FLOODING CONDITIONS. ALTHOUGH HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO ROTATE AROUND THE LOW CENTER AS IT MOVES SLOWLY EAST ACROSS CENTRAL OKLAHOMA... RAINFALL WILL END GRADUALLY FROM WEST TO EAST AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES INTO EASTERN OKLAHOMA. MUCH OF THE HEAVY RAIN WILL END IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA BY LATE MORNING. FLOODING WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE MORNING DUE TO WIDESPREAD OVERNIGHT RAINFALL RANGING FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES... AND LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. $$ 24