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ARC131-OKC077-079-127-190600-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

1002 PM CST MON MAR 18 2002



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

   AND PUSHMATAHA COUNTIES UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST...



AT 1002 PM CST...RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS 

WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 

MPH.



RADAR AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATE THAT TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA. ANOTHER ONE TO TWO INCHES WILL 

BE POSSIBLE THROUGH MIDNIGHT CST WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS  

POSSIBLE.



SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY THE HEAVY RAIN 

INCLUDE ANTLERS...SNOW...CLAYTON...WILBURTON...YANUSH...RED 

OAK...TALIHINA...BIG CEDAR...WISTER...POTEAU...SPIRO...FORT 

SMITH...MANSFIELD AND GREENWOOD.



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. 

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