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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

1055 PM CST FRI NOV 23 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR FRANKLIN COUNTY UNTIL 

MIDNIGHT CST...



AT 1055 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW THUNDERSTORMS WITH 

VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES NORTH OF TAFT TO 

MOUNTAIN TOP TO 5 MILES EAST OF WIEDERKEHR VILLAGE TO 5 MILES 

SOUTHEAST OF DENNING...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.



RADAR INDICATES THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER 

THE WARNED AREA. ANOTHER 1/2 INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH MIDNIGHT 

CST. ANY REMAINING HIGH WATER WILL CONTINUE TO RECEDE OVER THE NEXT 

HOUR OR SO...AS THE HEAVIEST RAINS HAVE MOVED EAST OF THE AREA. 



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

INCLUDE TAFT...OZARK...MEG...DENNING...ALTUS...CRAVENS...WATALULA...

MOUNTAIN TOP...PARADISE...BARNES...REDDING AND WIEDERKEHR VILLAGE.



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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