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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

252 AM CDT THU MAY 31 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR PUSHMATAHA COUNTY UNTIL 400 AM 

CDT...



AT 250 AM CDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW AN AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY 

RAIN OVER FAR SOUTHERN PUSHMATAHA COUNTY...MOVING SOUTH AT 30 MPH.



RADAR INDICATES THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER 

MUCH OF PUSHMATAHA COUNTY. ANOTHER HALF INCH OF RAIN WILL BE 

POSSIBLE OVER FAR SOUTHERN PUSHMATAHA COUNTY THROUGH 400 AM CDT. 



WHILE THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ENDED OVER CENTRAL AND NORTHERN 

PUSHMATAHA COUNTY...RUNOFF FROM EARLIER TORRENTIAL RAINS WILL LIKELY 

CAUSE FLOODING PROBLEMS TO CONTINUE THROUGH 400 AM CDT.



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

INCLUDE KELLOND...OLETA...KOSOMA...FINLEY...MOYERS...CLOUDY...RATTAN...

DELA...CORINNE AND ANTLERS.



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. IT IS

IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR

CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS SHOULD AVOID

CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS.



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