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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

644 PM CDT TUE OCT 9 2001



...URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY CONTINUES FOR CHEROKEE...

MUSKOGEE...AND WAGONER COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM CDT...



AT 640 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT SHOWERS AND A

FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA.

THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS ARE IN ADDITION TO THUNDERSTORMS THAT

PRODUCED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF MORE THAN 3 INCHES ACROSS

THE AREA. THE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CAUSED PONDING OF WATER ON AREA

ROADWAYS AND MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.



THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS MOVED TO THE EAST OF THE AREA AND ANY

REMAINING HIGH WATER WILL RECEDE OVER THE NEXT HOUR OR SO.



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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