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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

345 AM CST SUN DEC 16 2001



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

   CST...



AT 345 AM CST...RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY

RAIN OVER MUCH OF CHOCTAW COUNTY MOVING SLOWLY NORTHEAST. ADDITIONAL 

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE LOCATED OVER 

NORTHEAST TEXAS MOVING TOWARD THE AREA.  



AT 310 AM CST...THE CHOCTAW COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED THAT 

HIGHWAY 109 NEAR FROGVILLE WAS IMPASSABLE DUE TO HIGH WATER. 



RADAR INDICATES THAT 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER 

THE WARNED AREA. ANOTHER INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 430 AM CST. 

ADDITIONAL SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY OVER NORTH TEXAS WILL 

MOVE INTO THE AREA DURING THE MORNING HOURS...AND THIS WILL ONLY 

WORSEN EXISTING FLOODING CONDITIONS. 



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

INCLUDE HUGO...ORD...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 OCCURRING OR IS

IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT

ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS

THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL

ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.



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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