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* WHAT…Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected. * WHERE…A portion of southern Oklahoma, including the following county, Murray. * WHEN…Until 200 PM CDT. * IMPACTS…Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS… – At 1046 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to thunderstorms. Minor flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly in the advisory area. Between 0.5 and 1.5 inches of rain have fallen. – Additional rainfall amounts up to 1 inch are expected over the area. This additional rain will result in minor flooding. – Some locations that will experience flooding include… Sulphur, Davis, Dougherty, Turner Falls and Lake Of The Arbuckles. –

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Background:

Volcán Popocatépetl, whose name is the Aztec word for smoking mountain, towers to 5426 m 70 km SE of Mexico City to form North America’s 2nd-highest volcano.  The glacier-clad stratovolcano contains a steep-walled, 250-450 m deep crater.  The generally symmetrical volcano is modified by the sharp-peaked Ventorrillo on the NW, a remnant of an earlier volcano. 
At least three previous major cones were destroyed by gravitational failure during the Pleistocene, producing massive debris-avalanche deposits covering broad areas south of the volcano.  The modern volcano was constructed to the south of the late-Pleistocene to Holocene El Fraile cone.  Three major plinian eruptions, the most recent of which took place about 800 AD, have occurred from Popocatépetl since the mid Holocene, accompanied by pyroclastic flows and voluminous lahars that swept basins below the volcano.  Frequent historical eruptions, first recorded in Aztec codices, have occurred since precolumbian

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…The Flood Warning is extended for the following rivers in Illinois…Missouri… Mississippi River at Clarksville. Mississippi River at Louisiana. River forecasts are based on observed precipitation and forecast precipitation for the next 24 hours. * WHAT…Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast. * WHERE…Mississippi River at Clarksville. * WHEN…Until late Thursday night. * IMPACTS…At 25.3 feet, The road to Port Marmac, a riverside community of about 15 homes just south of Clarksville, begins flooding. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS… – At 10:30 AM CDT Sunday the stage was 25.2 feet. – Recent Activity…The maximum river stage in the 24 hours ending at 10:30 AM CDT Sunday was 25.2 feet. – Forecast…The

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…The Flood Warning is extended for the following rivers in Illinois…Missouri… Mississippi River at Clarksville. Mississippi River at Louisiana. River forecasts are based on observed precipitation and forecast precipitation for the next 24 hours. * WHAT…Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast. * WHERE…Mississippi River at Louisiana. * WHEN…Until Wednesday evening. * IMPACTS…At 15.0 feet, The first quarter mile of Edison Avenue beyond the railroad tracks begins flooding near this height. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS… – At 10:30 AM CDT Sunday the stage was 15.1 feet. – Recent Activity…The maximum river stage in the 24 hours ending at 10:30 AM CDT Sunday was 15.1 feet. – Forecast…The river is expected

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