Localized street flooding, most of which had receded by early afternoon, was reported in Duncan, Frederick, Mountain Park, Snyder and Waurika, said Michelann Ooten, a spokeswoman for the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management.
Winds High winds blew out a window at Healdton Elementary School, leaving three students with cuts and scrapes. None of the injuries were serious enough to require hospitilization, Carter County dispatcher Linda Shepard said.
Winds gusting to an estimated 70 mph damaged power and phone lines, toppled trees and a cell phone tower there, Carter County Emergency Management Director Ed Reed said.
Wind damaged a home and trees and powerlines were downed near Wewoka in Seminole County and a mobile home was blown off its foundation near Yeager in Hughes County.
Traffic In the Oklahoma City area, Oklahoma Highway Patrol troopers responded to four crashes with injuries and 45 noninjury reports along the interstates during a six-hour stretch Wednesday morning.
Floodwater 2 to 3 feet deep in places closed N Ann Arbor Avenue between NW 5 and Reno Avenues for several hours.
"I was driving through before they had the signs up, and my car stalled,” Greg Faulkner said. He called a tow truck.
At least seven cars were reported stranded by flooding on Lindsey Street in Norman, an area notorious for flooding.
Forecast Storms are in the state’s forecast through the end of the week. Some areas that already received up to 4 inches of rain will continue to get heavy rainfall today, and flooding problems are expected to worsen in southwestern Oklahoma, forecasters said.
The area expected to be hardest-hit is between Wichita Falls, Texas, and Lawton eastward to Ardmore and Durant. Some hail and damaging winds are also possible, but heavy rains in areas already saturated are the main threat, according to the weather service.
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