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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

430 AM CDT WED MAY 30 2001



...THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING

COUNTIES... PAWNEE...DELAWARE...NOWATA...WASHINGTON...OSAGE...

OKFUSKEE...ROGERS...MCINTOSH...CREEK...CHEROKEE...WAGONER...MAYES...

OTTAWA...MUSKOGEE...OKMULGEE...TULSA AND CRAIG...



HEAVY RAINS FROM A COMPLEX OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT MOVED 

THROUGH THE AREA OVERNIGHT ARE BEGINNING TO SHIFT SOUTHEAST OF THE 

FLASH FLOOD WATCH AREA. LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WILL GRADUALLY END 

FROM THE WEST THIS MORNING BUT THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL NOT BE 

ENOUGH TO AGGRAVATE THE ONGOING FLOODING SITUATION. THE FLASH 

FLOODING WHICH IS CURRENTLY OCCURRING IN PARTS OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA 

WILL BE SUBSIDING AS THE MORNING WEARS ON BUT SOME RIVERS AND CREEKS 

WILL BE IN FLOOD OVER THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS. MOTORISTS SHOULD STILL 

EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION THIS MORNING AND SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO 

DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS.



THERE IS A CHANCE THAT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL REDEVELOP THIS 

AFTERNOON BUT THE BEST CHANCES FOR REDEVELOPMENT AND FOR SIGNIFICANT 

RAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL SHIFT SOUTH INTO SOUTHEAST 

OKLAHOMA AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS.





 

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