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WGUS74 KTSA 300859

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OKZ073-301000-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

356 AM CDT SAT JUN 30 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR NORTHERN PITTSBURG COUNTY UNTIL 

500 AM CDT...



AT 354 AM CDT RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY

RAIN 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF MCALESTER...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.



RADAR INDICATES THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER 

THE WARNED AREA. ANOTHER INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 500 AM CDT.



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

INCLUDE CANADIAN...INDIANOLA...CROWDER...BLOCKER...AND...ALDERSON.



STORM SPOTTERS REPORTED FLOODING ON HIGHWAY 69 NEAR THE HIGHWAY 110 

MILE MARKER EARLIER THIS MORNING. STORMS WILL BE EXITING PITTSBURG 

COUNTY BETWEEN 430 AM AND 5 AM...AND THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL 

LIKELY BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT THAT TIME.  



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.



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.



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SJT

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