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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

847 AM CDT FRI JUN 29 2001



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

   COUNTIES UNTIL 930 AM CDT...



AT 845 AM CDT RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW THAT MOST OF THE SHOWER AND 

THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAD MOVED SOUTH OF THE WARNED AREA. HOWEVER... 

RUNOFF FROM EXCESSIVE RAINS EARLIER THIS MORNING WILL CONTINUE TO 

CAUSE FLOODING PROBLEMS.



MAJOR FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN INOLA THIS MORNING. SEVERAL 

HOUSES...MAINLY ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE CITY...HAVE BEEN INUNDATED 

WITH HIGH WATER. HIGHWAY 88 NORTH OF INOLA HAD UP TO 18 INCHES OF 

WATER OVER THE ROADWAY EARLIER THIS MORNING AND WAS CLOSED FOR A 

WHILE. SEVERAL MOTORISTS HAD TO BE RESCUED FROM THEIR STALLED 

VEHICLES ON HIGHWAY 88. 



SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY FLOODING INCLUDE 

INOLA AND NEODESHA. 



UNLESS HEAVY RAINS REDEVELOP OVER ROGERS OR WAGONER COUNTIES THIS 

MORNING...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 930 

AM. HIGH WATER IN THE CITY OF INOLA SHOULD GRADUALLY RECEDE LATER 

THIS MORNING. 



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 HIGHER GROUND.

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