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Flash Flood — Pottawatomie, OK

Jun 7, 2018

An MCS moving southeastward out of Kansas on the morning of the 7th brought significant flooding to central OK as well as several severe wind and hail reports. Later in the evening a second set of storms formed near the dryline in the panhandles and brought severe winds to western north Texas. A subsequent wake low produced gusty winds over southwest Oklahoma as well.

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 766716). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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