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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

319 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR CREEK...WAGONER...MUSKOGEE...

   OKMULGEE AND TULSA COUNTIES UNTIL 415 PM CDT...



AT 315 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED THE HEAVY RAINFALL WAS STARTING TO END 

FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.  ALL THE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED 

TO END BY 4 PM. 



RADAR INDICATES THAT 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAD ALREADY FALLEN OVER 

PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA...PARTICULARLY ACROSS NORTHERN OKMULGEE 

COUNTY.  THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAD FALLEN IN THE AREA FROM BEGGS TO 

HECTORVILLE TO BALD HILL AND PRESTON...WHERE UP TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN 

MAY HAVE FALLEN.  



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF IS EXPECTED TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS 

AND STREAMS...ESPECIALLY SNAKE CREEK SOUTH OF BIXBY...AND DUCK CREEK 

FROM NEAR MOUNDS INTO NORTHERN OKMULGEE COUNTY.  HIGH WATER IS EXPECTED 

TO GRADUALLY RECEDE THROUGH 430 PM.  



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER MAY BE TOO DEEP TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY.

VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO

HIGHER GROUND.

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