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WGUS74 KTSA 210848

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OKZ049-211030-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

346 AM CDT MON MAY 21 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR PUSHMATAHA COUNTY UNTIL 530 AM

   CDT...



AT 346 AM CDT RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY

RAIN ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF CLOUDY TO

KELLOND...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.



RADAR INDICATES THAT OVER 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER 

PARTS OF THE WARNED AREA. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE 

THROUGH 530 AM.



SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY THE HEAVY RAIN

INCLUDE KELLOND...SNOW...KOSOMA...FINLEY...MOYERS...CLOUDY AND

ANTLERS.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY

IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

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