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Flash Flood — Noble, OK

Mar 4, 2004

On March 4-5, a front progressed slightly northward and an upper level system triggered a round of thunderstorms mainly during the afternoon and evening of March 4. The focus of the very heavy rainfall was along a 100-mile wide swath along and northwest of Interstate 44 from southwestern through central and north central Oklahoma. Rainfall amounts of 2.5 to 5 inches were common with locally heavier amounts up to 8 inches observed in Kingfisher and Blaine counties. A second smaller band of heav

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 5387077). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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