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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

647 PM CST SUN DEC 16 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR LE FLORE COUNTY UNTIL 730 PM

CST...



AT 647 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW AN AREA OF VERY 

HEAVY WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MOST OF LE FLORE COUNTY. 

 

AT 640 PM CST...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORT FLOODING IN 

THE CITY OF HEAVENER. IN ADDITION...AREA TRIBUTARIES ARE OUT OF 

THEIR BANKS...AND LARGER RIVERS ARE RISING RAPIDLY.



RADAR INDICATES THAT 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER 

THE WARNED AREA. ANOTHER INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 730 PM CST.



ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THIS DANGEROUS FLOOD 

SITUATION. RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF OVER THE NEXT HOUR OR 

SO. HOWEVER...IT IS IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT EVEN AFTER THE 

RAINFALL STOPS...RUNOFF CAN TAKE SEVERAL HOURS TO REACH 

CREEKS...STREAMS AND RIVERS...SO THEY WILL CONTINUE TO RISE EVEN 

AFTER THE HEAVY RAIN BEGINS TO DIMINISH. 



THIS IS A DANGEROUS FLOOD SITUATION...IF YOU ARE IN OR NEAR LOW 

LYING AREAS...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW



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.



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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