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OKC037-143-160115-



URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

611 PM CDT WED AUG 15 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED AN URBAN AND SMALL

STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE

FOLLOWING COUNTIES



IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA

NORTHEAST CREEK AND TULSA.



AT 611 PM CDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY

RAIN ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES NORTH OF BROKEN ARROW TO 12

MILES SOUTH OF MANNFORD...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.



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

INCLUDE SAPULPA...MANNFORD...KIEFER...BROKEN ARROW...GLENPOOL...

OWASSO...JENKS...BIXBY...LEONARD...SAND SPRINGS AND TULSA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS

AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS

WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

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