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WGUS74 KTSA 300830

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OKZ070-301030-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

330 AM CDT WED MAY 30 2001



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

CDT...



AT 330 AM CDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY 

HEAVY RAIN 7 MILES SOUTH OF BRAGGS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.



RADAR INDICATES THAT 1 TO 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER 

THE WARNED AREA. ANOTHER INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 600 AM CDT.



IN MUSKOGEE COUNTY...AT 325 AM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED HIGH 

WATER WITH STREET FLOODING IN THE CITY OF MUSKOGEE.



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

INCLUDE FORT GIBSON...TAFT...JAMESVILLE...BRAGGS...SUMMIT...

BOYNTON...WAINWRIGHT...KEEFETON...OKTAHA AND MUSKOGEE.



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.



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.



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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