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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT...CORRECTED

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

1142 PM CST SUN DEC 16 2001



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR LE FLORE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 

MIDNIGHT...



AT 1142 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THAT THE HEAVY RAINFALL OF 

EARLIER THIS EVENING HAD MOVED WELL EAST OF THE AREA. SIGNIFICANT 

FLOODING WAS REPORTED EARLIER THIS EVENING DUE TO THE TORRENTIAL 

RAINFALL OF 5 TO 7 INCHES...BUT REPORTS FROM EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 

OFFICIALS INDICATE THAT WATER WAS BEGINNING TO RECEDE ACROSS MOST 

AREAS. ANY REMAINING HIGH WATER WILL CONTINUE TO RECEDE OVER THE 

NEXT SEVERAL HOURS WITH NO ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING EXPECTED. MAIN 

STEM RIVER FLOODING ALONG THE PANAMA RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO BE A 

PROBLEM OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.



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.



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