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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

214 AM CDT WED MAY 30 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR CREEK AND TULSA COUNTIES UNTIL

   430 AM CDT...



AT 214 AM CDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY 

HEAVY RAIN ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES EAST OF TULSA TO 2 

MILES SOUTH OF DEPEW...MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.



RADAR AND RAIN GAUGE REPORTS INDICATE THAT 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE 

POSSIBLE THROUGH 430 AM CDT.



IN TULSA COUNTY...FLOODING WAS REPORTED ALONG THE CREEK TURNPIKE IN 

JENKS. AS OF 150 AM CDT...THE INTERSECTIONS OF 71ST AND 81ST STREET 

ALONG HARVARD WERE ALMOST IMPASSABLE DUE TO FLOOD WATERS. HIGH WATER 

WAS ALSO REPORTED ALONG FRY DITCH CREEK AT 96TH STREET SOUTH AND 

SHERIDAN. AT 210 AM CDT...SHERIDAN IS ALSO REPORTED TO BE CLOSED 

NEAR 43RD STREET.



AT 205 AM CDT...IN CREEK COUNTY...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTS 

CHILDRESS CREEK...POLECAT CREEK...AND ROCK CREEK RISING 

RAPIDLY...BUT REMAINING IN THEIR BANKS AT THIS TIME. STREET FLOODING 

WAS ALSO REPORTED IN BRISTOW.



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

INCLUDE SAPULPA...KELLYVILLE...MANNFORD...DRUMRIGHT...KIEFER...

SHAMROCK...DEPEW...SLICK...MILFAY...BRISTOW...BROKEN ARROW...

GLENPOOL...OWASSO...JENKS...BIXBY...LEONARD...SAND SPRINGS AND TULSA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND

STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND

FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING

AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS

IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT

ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS

THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL

ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGER GROUND.

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