Storm heads northeast after flooding Oklahoma, Arkansas
Source: AP
By CLAUDIA LAUER
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A stormy weather system that once was Tropical Storm Bill prompted flood warnings across the Ozarks and mid-Mississippi Valley early Friday, even before rains began to fall there in earnest.
Since coming ashore Tuesday along the Texas Gulf Coast, the tropical system has claimed at least one life — that of a 2-year-old swept from his father's arms as they tried to escape a raging Hickory Creek in Ardmore, Oklahoma. The region just north of the Texas border had 10 inches of rain Wednesday night and Thursday.
"The water was just flowing like a river down the streets," Amber Wilson, the emergency manager in Ardmore, said after the overnight downpour. "It was so forceful that it washed away the barricades and pushed manhole covers out of the streets," she said. Even giant trash bins gave way to the water.
Forecasters said the worst weather overnight would be in the heart of the Ozark Mountains along the Arkansas-Missouri border. Early Friday, the National Weather Service said 4 to 6 inches of rain had fallen in southern Missouri, flooding numerous roads but leading to no early reports of injuries or extraordinary damage.
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Water pours over Turner Falls and floods the park below on Thursday, June 18, 2015, in Davis, Okla. Tropical Depression Bill swamped Oklahoma and Arkansas on Thursday, pushing rivers toward record levels after the Gulf-fueled storm slowed to a crawl over the nation’s midsection. (Steve Sisney/The Oklahoman via AP) LOCAL STATIONS OUT (KFOR, KOCO, KWTV, KOKH, KAUT OUT); LOCAL WEBSITES OUT; LOCAL PRINT OUT (EDMOND SUN OUT, OKLAHOMA GAZETTE OUT) TABLOIDS OUT
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