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Flash Flood — Kingfisher, OK

Jul 30, 2007

A weak stationary front was draped from northwest Oklahoma into eastern Oklahoma. Other outflow boundaries from the previous day's thunderstorms were scattered around much of Oklahoma. Showers and thunderstorms with very heavy rainfall developed during the late morning and afternoon hours, with the strongest thunderstorms occurring in the afternoon. The almost stationary nature of the heavy thunderstorms created areas of flash flooding, especially over central Oklahoma, including the Oklahoma Ci

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 49176). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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