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OKC021-101-145-160345-



URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

848 PM CDT WED AUG 15 2001



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

STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE

FOLLOWING COUNTIES



IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA

     CHEROKEE AND MUSKOGEE



IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA

     WAGONER



AT 848 PM CDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN 

5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TAHLEQUAH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.



STORM SPOTTERS REPORTED MINOR MINOR FLOODING IN TAHLEQUAH AT 840 PM.



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

INCLUDE FORT GIBSON...TAFT...JAMESVILLE...SUMMIT...KEEFETON...

OKTAHA...MUSKOGEE...OKAY...TULLAHASSEE...PEGGS...LOST CITY...HULBERT

AND TAHLEQUAH.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF 

SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND 

UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER LOW LYING AREAS PRONE TO MINOR FLOODING.



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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