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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

712 PM CST SUN DEC 16 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR CRAWFORD AND SEBASTIAN COUNTIES

   UNTIL 830 PM CST...



AT 712 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAINFALL WITH A FEW 

EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS OVER MUCH OF CRAWFORD AND SEBASTIAN COUNTIES. 

ALL OF THIS ACTIVITY WAS MOVING SLOWLY TO THE EAST AND NORTHEAST.



THE BACK EDGE OF THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS BEGINNING TO ENTER 

WESTERN SECTIONS OF BOTH SEBASTIAN AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES. THIS WILL 

CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE EAST ENDING THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL FOR THE 

AREA. ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL HOWEVER WILL CAUSE FLOODING PROBLEMS 

TO WORSEN AS THE RAIN IS FALLING ON ALREADY SATURATED GROUND. IT IS 

ALSO IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT EVEN AFTER HEAVY RAINFALL 

CEASES...RUNOFF CAN TAKE SEVERAL HOURS TO REACH 

TRIBUTARIES...STREAMS AND CREEKS. 



AT 655 PM CST...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS IN CRAWFORD COUNTY REPORT 

THAT SEVERAL SECONDARY ROADS ARE FLOODED IN THE COUNTY. 



AT 700 PM CST...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS IN SEBASTIAN COUNTY REPORT 

FLOODING IN THE VICINITY OF HACKETT WITH ROADS BEING CLOSED AT THIS 

TIME. 



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

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

830 PM CST.



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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