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WGUS74 KTSA 291059

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OKZ061-067-291300-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

558 AM CDT FRI JUN 29 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR WAGONER AND EASTERN ROGERS 

   COUNTIES UNTIL 745 AM CDT...



AT 557 AM CDT RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY 

RAIN IN A CLUSTER CENTERED ALONG THE WAGONER AND ROGERS COUNTY LINE 

ABOUT 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF INOLA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING 

SOUTH AT 15 MPH.



RADAR INDICATES THAT 4 TO 8 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER 

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

RAIN DIMINISHES.



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

INCLUDE COWETA...REDBIRD...PORTER...TIAWAH AND INOLA.



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.



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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