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WGUS74 KSHV 291438

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OKZ077-291450-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

935 AM CDT FRI JUN 29 2001



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR MCCURTAIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST

OKLAHOMA HAS EXPIRED...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN SHREVEPORT...CONTINUED TO

INDICATE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF

MCCURTAIN COUNTY. THE REMAINING THUNDERSTORMS WERE WEAKER

THAN THOSE DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...AND NOT PRODUCING

AS HEAVY RAINS. DUE TO THE SLOWER ACCUMULATION RATE OF RAINFALL

...THE FLASH FLOOD POTENTIAL HAS LESSENED...AND THE WARNING

HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.



CORRECTED RAINFALL ESTIMATES FROM DOPPLER RADAR...OKLAHOMA MESONET...

AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS...INDICATED THAT FROM NEAR ONE AND ONE HALF

TO AROUND THREE INCHES...HAD OCCURRED OVER THE COUNTY DURING THE

NIGHT. SOME LOCATIONS MAY HAVE RECEIVED SLIGHTLY HIGHER AMOUNTS.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE LATER DURING THE DAY

AND POSSIBLY INTO THE WEEKEND. WITH THE ONSET OF ANY ADDITIONAL

HEAVY RAIN...THE SATURATED SOILS WILL ALLOW FOR A QUICKER

WATER RUNOFF AND POSSIBLE FLASH FLOODING.

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