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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

430 AM CST SAT FEB 24 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND

   NORTHWEST ARKANSAS TODAY...



A VIGOROUS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL APPROACH THE AREA TODAY. STRONG

TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL MOVE INTO

EASTERN OKLAHOMA LATER THIS MORNING...MOVING INTO NORTHWEST

ARKANSAS THIS AFTERNOON. ONE TO TWO INCHES OF PRECIPITATION HAS

ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS PORTIONS OF EAST-CENTRAL OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST

ARKANSAS...WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS APPROACHING THREE INCHES.



AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WATCH

AREA TODAY WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. GIVEN THAT THE GROUND IS

ALREADY SATURATED...ANY ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION WILL FURTHER

AGGRAVATE THE FLOODING SITUATION. THE SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM

ACTIVITY WILL MOVE EAST OF THE REGION BY EARLY EVENING WITH

THE PRECIPITATION ENDING.



DURING HEAVY RAINS...STAY AWAY FROM DRAINAGE DITCHES...CREEKS AND

OTHER LOW LYING AREAS. THEY ARE PRONE TO RAPID RISES AND MAY FLOOD

QUICKLY.  REMEMBER FLOODING IS THE LEADING CAUSE OF WEATHER RELATED

DEATHS.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE

ROAD TO UNKNOWN DEPTHS. THE DEPTH OF THE WATER MAY BE TOO GREAT TO

ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. TAKE A DIFFERENT ROUTE TO REACH

YOUR DESTINATION OR WAIT UNTIL THE WATER RECEDES. REMEMBER...MOST

FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION

FOR LATER STATEMENTS CONCERNING THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS FLASH

FLOOD EVENT. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT:

WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA.

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