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WGUS74 KTSA 090526

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OKZ049-075-090700-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

1225 AM CDT SUN SEP 9 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR LATIMER AND PUSHMATAHA COUNTIES 

UNTIL 200 AM CDT...



AT 1225 AM CDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY 

HEAVY RAIN ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF CLOUDY 

TO 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BENGAL...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.



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

THE WARNED AREA. ANOTHER INCH OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 200 

AM CDT.



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

INCLUDE ALBION...KIAMICHI...TUSKAHOMA...NASHOBA...SNOW...CLOUDY...

CLAYTON...BENGAL AND YANUSH.



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. IT IS

IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR

CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS SHOULD AVOID 

CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS.



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