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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

1120 PM CST MON MAR 18 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR FRANKLIN COUNTY UNTIL 130 AM

   CST...



AT 1120 PM CST...RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW AN AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAIN 

OVER FRANKLIN COUNTY MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.



RADAR INDICATES THAT TWO AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY 

FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA. ANOTHER INCH AND A HALF WILL BE 

POSSIBLE THROUGH 130 AM CST.



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

INCLUDE TAFT...OZARK...CECIL...TONEY...LONELM...CRAVENS...WATALULA 

...JETHRO...MOUNTAIN TOP...PARADISE...BARNES...TURNERS BEND...CASS 

AND REDDING.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS

IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT

ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS

THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL

ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.

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