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ARC131-OKC079-190730-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

1241 AM CST TUE MAR 19 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR SEBASTIAN AND LE FLORE COUNTIES

   UNTIL 130 AM CST...



AT 1241 AM CST...RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW AN AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAIN 

OVER MUCH OF LE FLORE AND SEBASTIAN COUNTIES...MOVING NORTHEAST 

AT 35 MPH.



RADAR INDICATES THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER 

THE WARNED AREA. ANOTHER INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 130 AM CST.



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

INCLUDE POTEAU...HEAVENER...PANAMA...MONROE...BIG CEDAR...FORT 

SMITH...JENNY LIND...GREENWOOD...HUNTINGTON AND HARTFORD.



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.

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