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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

640 PM CDT TUE AUG 7 2001



...AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY CONTINUES IN EFFECT 

UNTIL 8PM CDT FOR THE CITY OF GROVE AND SURROUNDING AREA.



AT 637 PM CDT RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS WEAKENING RAPIDLY...BUT 

OVER 2 INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN ONLY 20 TO 30 MINUTES EARLIER.  RAIN 

WATERS WILL CONTINUE TO RUN AND COLLECT EVEN AFTER ALL RAINS HAVE 

CEASED.



GROVE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SAID THAT MANY STREETS AND INTERSECTIONS 

WERE FLOODED IN THE CITY.



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.  WAIT UNTIL THE WATER RECEDES OR TAKE ANOTHER ROUTE.

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