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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

256 AM CST SUN DEC 16 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR PUSHMATAHA COUNTY UNTIL 500 

AM CST...



AT 256 AM CST...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW THUNDERSTORMS WITH 

VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER MUCH OF PUSHMATAHA COUNTY MOVING SLOWLY 

NORTHEAST. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL OVER SOUTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA WAS 

MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AND WILL PRODUCE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL ON 

ALREADY SATURATED SOIL.



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

THE WARNED AREA. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 500 

AM CST.



SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN 

INCLUDE ANTLERS...CLAYTON...CLOUDY...MOYERS...FINLEY...KOSOMA...SNOW 

...NASHOBA...STANLEY...TUSKAHOMA...KIAMICHI...ALBION...DARWIN... 

KELLOND...EUBANKS...DUNBAR AND SARDIS.



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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