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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

1040 PM CDT SAT SEP 8 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES OVERNIGHT FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN

OKLAHOMA AND ALL OF NORTHWEST ARKANSAS...

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH CANCELED FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT OVERNIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING

COUNTIES:



IN EASTERN OKLAHOMA...

DELAWARE...CHEROKEE...ADAIR...MUSKOGEE...MCINTOSH...PITTSBURG...

LATIMER...HASKELL...SEQUOYAH...LE FLORE...PUSHMATAHA...AND CHOCTAW.



IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS...

BENTON...CARROLL...WASHINGTON...MADISON...CRAWFORD...FRANKLIN...AND

SEBASTIAN.



SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF THE WATCH

AREA LATE THIS EVENING. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING ACROSS

AREAS THAT HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED HEAVY RAINFALL DURING THE

LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. ADDITIONAL PERIODS OF

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE

LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS...CREEKS AND

STREAMS.



2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS ALREADY OCCURRED ACROSS PORTIONS OF

SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING...AND AN ADDITIONAL 1

TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE AS MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVE

INTO THE AREA FROM THE WEST AND SOUTHWEST. THIS WILL BE SUFFICIENT

TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING.



DURING HEAVY RAINS...STAY AWAY FROM DRAINAGE DITCHES...CREEKS AND

OTHER LOW LYING AREAS. THEY ARE PRONE TO RAPID RISES AND MAY FLOOD

QUICKLY.  REMEMBER FLOODING IS THE LEADING CAUSE OF WEATHER RELATED

DEATHS.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE

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

QUICKLY. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS

TO RISE. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT AT NIGHT TO TELL HOW MUCH WATER IS

ON THE ROADS. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN

DEPTH.  TAKE A DIFFERENT ROUTE TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION OR WAIT

UNTIL THE WATER RECEDES.



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