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WGUS74 KTSA 090406

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OKZ073-090600-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

1105 PM CDT SAT SEP 8 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR PITTSBURG COUNTY UNTIL 100 AM

   CDT...



AT 1105 PM CDT RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY

RAIN ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF FEATHERSTON TO

10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FEATHERSTON TO 8 MILES SOUTH OF BLANCO...MOVING

EAST AT 15 MPH.



RADAR INDICATES THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER 

THE WARNED AREA. ANOTHER INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 100 AM CDT.



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

INCLUDE BLOCKER...ARPELAR...KREBS...ALDERSON...BACHE...HAYWOOD 

...DOW...HAILEYVILLE...HARTSHORNE...SAVANNA...BLANCO...PITTSBURG 

...KIOWA AND MCALESTER.



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.



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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