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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK

1005 PM CST MON MAR 18 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS FOR ATOKA...BRYAN...AND MARSHALL COUNTIES

   CONTINUE UNTIL MIDNIGHT...



AT 1000 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AN AREA

OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM REDDEN TO DURANT AND 

KINGSTON.  THIS AREA OF RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE QUICKLY NORTHEAST

THROUGH MIDNIGHT.  PARTS OF SOUTHERN BRYAN COUNTY CAN EXPECT UP TO 

AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAIN WITH LESSER AMOUNTS TO THE NORTH AND WEST.

THIS WILL BRING RAINFALL TOTALS CLOSE TO 3 1/2 INCHES SINCE LATE

THIS AFTERNOON.  THUNDERSTORMS ARE CONTINUING TO DEVELOP LATE

THIS EVENING ACROSS NORTH TEXAS AND WILL MOVE BACK INTO SOUTHEAST

OKLAHOMA OVERNIGHT. 



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE 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. MOVE TO

HIGHER GROUND.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS.   ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARM LANDS 

ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE 

SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE TO

HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT DRIVE VEHICLES INTO

AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.



LAT...LON 3421 9579 3390 9597 3379 9619 3380 9644

          3380 9690 3419 9691 3411 9646 3415 9642

          3441 9638 3442 9610 3467 9605 3460 9581



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