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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

430 AM CDT MON MAY 28 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR SOUTHERN LE FLORE COUNTY UNTIL 

500 AM CDT...



AT 425 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT THE BACK EDGE OF THE RAINFALL ASSOCIATED WITH AN AREA OF 

THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED EAST OF THE AREA INTO ARKANSAS. RADAR 

INDICATES THAT 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN FELL OVER THE WARNED AREA. 



RUNOFF FROM THE TORRENTIAL RAINFALL THAT AFFECTED SOUTHERN LE FLORE 

COUNTY WILL LIKELY CAUSE ANY FLASH FLOODING TO CONTINUE THROUGH AT 

LEAST 500 AM. THE MOST LIKELY AREAS TO EXPERIENCE FLOODING ARE SOUTH 

OF A LINE FROM FANSHAWE TO HEAVENER...AND TO THE NORTH OF A LINE 

FROM TALIHINA TO PAGE.



CAMPERS IN THE STATE PARKS AND THE OUACHITA NATIONAL FOREST IN 

SOUTHERN LEFLORE COUNTY SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS EARLY THIS 

MORNING AS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE SMALL STREAMS TO FLOW OUT 

OF THEIR BANKS. IF YOU ARE CAMPING NEAR A STREAM...EVEN A SMALL 

ONE...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY UNTIL FLOOD WATERS BEGIN TO 

RECEDE. STREAMS...EVEN SMALL ONES...CAN BECOME KILLERS IN A MATTER 

OF MINUTES WHEN SWOLLEN WITH FLOOD WATERS.



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. IT IS

IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR 

CREEKS. CAMPERS SHOULD AVOID CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING 

THREATENING RAINS.



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