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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

838 PM CDT SAT SEP 8 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR LATIMER COUNTY UNTIL 915 PM

   CDT...



SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS CONTINUED ACROSS LATIMER COUNTY AT 

835 PM.  THE LATIMER COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICE REPORTED 

FLASH FLOODING IN THE WILBURTON AREA...WITH SEVERAL VEHICLES 

STRANDED.



WHILE THE COVERAGE OF THE HEAVY DECREASED BETWEEN 730 AND 830 

PM...LOCAL AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN PERSIST AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS 

LIKELY TO INCREASE IN LATIMER COUNTY LATER TONIGHT.



RADAR INDICATED THAT 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE 

WARNED AREA...WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS TO NEAR 5 INCHES AROUND WILBURTON 

AND BENGAL. 



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY

IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

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