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Several videos from Oklahoma City emerged, showing intense flooding amid a National Weather Service (NWS) alert on Saturday. A flood watch is in effect through Sunday afternoon across parts of Oklahoma and western north Texas.
The Flood Watch covers most of the state, barring some counties in northwestern and southeastern Oklahoma, through at least Sunday afternoon.
A large portion of Oklahoma is under a flood watch through Sunday evening and several counties are under a Flood warning on Saturday.At the time of publication
Multiple roadways are flooded across the Oklahoma City metro area on Saturday as severe storms bring heavy rainfall across the state.North Kelley Ave near West
Much of Oklahoma saw heavy, soaking rain from storms that tracked across the state Saturday morning and throughout the day and the flood risk continues Sunday.
Flooding is the deadliest natural disaster facing Oklahomans, a threat far greater than tornadoes. In the United States, flooding kills an average of 103 people a year. Tornadoes, however, caused 48 deaths on average during the same period, according to the National Weather Service.
We had to carry the kids out because they couldn’t get in the water. It was very deep outside. We were trying to keep them calm because they’re scared, they’re
Severe storms are expected to move into Oklahoma late Friday and linger throughout the weekend, bringing a threat of damaging winds and flooding.
The Flood Watch in effect for parts of the southern Plains, including much of Oklahoma and Texas, was expanded southeast this morning to encompass areas that were hit hard by catastrophic and deadly flash flooding last weekend, including Kerr, Travis and Burnet Counties.