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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

1005 AM CST TUE MAR 19 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR FRANKLIN...CRAWFORD... 

SEBASTIAN...LE FLORE...LATIMER...PUSHMATAHA AND CHOCTAW COUNTIES    

UNTIL 1100 AM CST...



AT 1005 AM CST...RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW AREAS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN 

ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. THIS AREA 

OF RAINFALL WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. 



RADAR...SURFACE REPORTS...AND REPORTS FROM THE OKLAHOMA MESONEET 

INDICATE THAT 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE 

WARNED AREA. ANOTHER INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 1100 AM CST.



PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER OFF TO MODERATE TO AT TIMES HEAVY FOR THE 

REMAINDER OF THE MORNING. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED 

DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THIS WILL CAUSE 

FLOODING TO WORSEN ACROSS THE AREA.



AT 930 AM CST...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORT SEVERAL ROADS UNDER 

WATER IN SEBASTIAN COUNTY ARKANSAS. 



AT 945 AM CST...CRAWFORD COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED A COUNTY 

ROAD UNDER WATER NEAR VAN BUREN. 



AT 955 AM CST...PITTSBURG COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTS THAT 

HIGHWAY 63 IN SOUTHERN PITTSBURG COUNTY IS COVERED BY WATER. 



AT 1000 AM CST...LATIMER COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTS HIGHWAY 

2 NORTH OF WILBURTON IS COVERED BY RUNNING WATER. IN 

ADDITION...NUMEROUS COUNTY ROADS ARE FLOODED. 



AT 1000 AM CST...FRANKLIN COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTS SOME 

COUNTY ROADS FLOODED ACROSS THE COUNTY. 



AT 1005 AM CST...CHOCTAW COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTS US 

HIGHWAY 70...8 MILES WEST OF HUGO...COVERED BY HIGH WATER. IN 

ADDITION...SEVERAL COUNTY ROADS HAVE BEEN BARRICADED DUE TO 

FLOODING. 



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. IT IS

IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR

CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS SHOULD AVOID

CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS.



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