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WGUS74 KTSA 300808

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OKZ066-067-301000-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

308 AM CDT WED MAY 30 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR WAGONER AND OKMULGEE COUNTIES

   UNTIL 500 AM CDT...



AT 308 AM CDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY 

HEAVY RAIN ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM WAGONER TO 3 MILES NORTHWEST 

OF MORRIS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. 



RADAR INDICATES THAT 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER 

THE WARNED AREA. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 500 

AM CDT.



IN OKMULGEE COUNTY...AT 303 AM CDT...221ST SOUTH WAS IMPASSABLE 

BETWEEN PEORIA AND LEWIS. IN ADDITION...DUCK CREEK WAS OUT OF ITS 

BANKS AT 216TH STREET SOUTH...WITH BRIDGES SUBMERGED AT SHERIDAN 

AND YALE.



IN WAGONER COUNTY...AT 305 AM CDT...MAJOR STREET FLOODING WAS 

REPORTED IN COWETA. NUMEROUS ROADS WERE REPORTED UNDERWATER AND 

IMPASSABLE. SEVERAL ROADS WERE BEING BARRICADED IN THE CITY OF 

COWETA.



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

INCLUDE ONETA...COWETA...REDBIRD...STONEBLUFF...OKAY...PORTER...

TULLAHASSEE...CHOSKA...WAGONER...HECTORVILLE...BALD HILL...BEGGS...

PRESTON...ERAM...MORRIS...SCHULTER...GRAYSON AND OKMULGEE.



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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