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Flood — Garfield, OK

Sep 8, 2007

An upper level disturbance approached Oklahoma from the Texas panhandle during the afternoon and evening hours of the 7th. A stationary front was located over northwest Oklahoma and extended down into parts of the Texas panhandle. A stationary outflow boundary from previous convection was located near Interstate 44, with yet another smaller outflow boundary located a hundred miles to the south. Afternoon heating along the outflow boundaries allowed for scattered thunderstorms to develop. Some of

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 60914). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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