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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

710 PM CDT FRI AUG 10 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR OKFUSKEE COUNTY UNTIL 745 PM

   CDT...



AT 710 PM CDT RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW AN AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAIN 

ACROSS MUCH OF OKFUSKEE COUNTY.



RADAR INDICATES THAT 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER 

THE WARNED AREA. A WEATHER OBSERVER IN WELTY ALSO MEASURED 3.5 

INCHES OF RAINFALL..ALTHOUGH MUCH HEAVIER RAINFALL APPEARS TO HAVE 

FALLEN ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTH OF WELTY. 



ANOTHER ONE-HALF TO ONE INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 745 PM AS THE 

RAIN GRADUALLY TAPERS OFF. PERSONS DRIVING ALONG HIGHWAY 48 BETWEEN 

WELTY AND CASTLE SHOULD WATCH CAREFULLY FOR ANY WATER RUNNING OVER 

THE ROAD.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND

STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES...AS WELL AS FARMLAND

ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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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