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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

1025 AM CDT SUN AUG 12 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING EXPIRED AT 1015 AM FOR OKFUSKEE...MCINTOSH 

AND SOUTHERN OKMULGEE COUNTIES...



AT 1015 AM CDT RADAR SHOWED THAT MOST OF THE RAIN HAD EXITED THE 

WARNED AREAS. LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WAS FALLING IN MCINTOSH 

COUNTY...BUT THAT WILL MOVE OUT OF THE AREA SHORTLY.



AREA SHERIFFS OFFICES REPORTED NO FLOODING PROBLEMS WERE OCCURRING. 

THE HENRYETTA POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTED EARLIER THAT A ROAD HAD 

BEEN CLOSED FOR A BRIEF TIME DUE TO HIGH WATER...BUT NOW WAS 

REOPENED.  



ALTHOUGH RAIN HAS ENDED ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA...IT MAY TAKE AN 

HOUR OR TWO FOR WATER TO RECEDE...SO CONTINUE TO USE CAUTION IF OUT 

AND ABOUT. RAIN SHOULD END ACROSS THE AREA BY NOON. 



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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