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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

543 PM CST SUN DEC 16 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR LE FLORE...LATIMER...PUSHMATAHA

   AND CHOCTAW COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM CST...



AT 543 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW AN AREA OF VERY 

HEAVY WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS OVER MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA. 



AT 525 PM CST...LE FLORE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS 

REPORTED THAT SIGNIFICANT FLOODING WAS OCCURRING IN THE VICINITY OF 

THE LOVING COMMUNITY AS WELL AS NEAR THE TOWN OF PAGE. TRIBUTARIES 

TO THE POTEAU RIVER...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE BLACK FORK...ARE LIKELY 

WELL OUTSIDE THEIR BANKS. FLOODING WAS ALSO REPORTED NEAR THE 

RICHARDS COMMUNITY...AS WELL AS ALONG THE KIAMICHI RIVER NEAR MUSE. 



ADDITONAL ROADS WERE REPORTED FLOODED IN PUSHMATAHA...CHOCTAW...AND 

LATIMER COUNTIES EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON. 



RADAR AND RAIN GAGE REPORTS INDICATE THAT 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA. ANOTHER 1 INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE 

THROUGH 730 PM CST.



THIS IS A DANGEROUS FLOOD SITUATION. HEAVY RAIN OVER THE NEXT HOUR 

OR SO WILL ONLY CONTIRIBUTE TO ADDITIONAL RUNOFF INTO AREA CREEKS 

AND STREAMS. THIS ADDITIONAL RUNOFF WILL CAUSE RIVERS ALREADY 

SWOLLEN AND OUT OF THEIR BANKS TO CONTINUE TO RISE. IF YOU ARE IN OR 

NEAR LOW LYING AREAS...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND



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 HIGER 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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