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Flash Flood — Mayes, OK

May 3, 2018

Severe thunderstorms developed over western Oklahoma during the afternoon of the 2nd as a dry line moved into the area from West Texas and a cold front translated into the area from the northwest. The storms moved east across central Oklahoma during the afternoon, and into eastern Oklahoma during the evening as they organized into a nearly solid line. The line of thunderstorms produced damaging wind as it moved across eastern Oklahoma. Another round of thunderstorms moved through the area during

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 757200). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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