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WGUS74 KSHV 170202

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OKZ077-170315-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

802 PM CST SUN DEC 16 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR MCCURTAIN COUNTY

OKLAHOMA UNTIL 915 PM...



ALTHOUGH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS PUSHED EAST INTO SOUTHWEST

ARKANSAS AND ADJACENT SECTIONS OF NORTHEAST TEXAS...AREAS OF LIGHT TO

MODERATE RAIN CONTINUE TO FALL ACROSS MUCH OF MCCURTAIN COUNTY.

DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN

ACROSS MUCH OF THE COUNTY IN THE LAST FEW HOURS...WHICH CONTINUES TO

AGGRAVATE THE ONGOING FLOODING PROBLEM.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS

OF UP TO AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING...BEFORE THE

RAINFALL BEGINS TO TAPER OFF LATE TONIGHT.  MANY ROADS ACROSS

MCCURTAIN COUNTY ARE FLOODED...AND TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED

THIS EVENING.



IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUT...DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO THOSE

LOCATIONS WHERE HIGH WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE

TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN

RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS...

ABANDON IT AND MOVE HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

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