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WGUS74 KTSA 160836

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OKC023-161030-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

234 AM CST SUN DEC 16 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR CHOCTAW COUNTY UNTIL 430 AM 

CST...



AT 234 AM CST...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW THUNDERSTORMS WITH 

VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER MUCH OF CHOCTAW COUNTY MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST. 

ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN OVER NORTHEAST 

TEXAS WERE ALSO MOVING NORTHEAST TOWARD THE AREA...ADDING ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL ON ALREADY SATURATED SOIL. 



FLOODING WAS REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS EAST OF HUGO 

AROUND 120 AM. 



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

THE WARNED AREA. ANOTHER INCH OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 430 

AM CST.



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

INCLUDE HUGO...FROGVILLE...GRANT...GAY...GOODLAND...SAWYER...FORT

TOWSON...SWINK...BOSWELL...UNGER...SOPER...MESSER...KENT...SOBOL...

HUSKEY...FALLON...SPEER AND APPLE.



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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