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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

100 PM CST TUE MAR 19 2002



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

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

COUNTIES UNTIL 400 PM CST...



AT 1258 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW AN AREA OF HEAVY 

RAIN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS. FLOODING HAS BEEN 

REPORTED ON MANY COUNTY ROADS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 



DOPPLER RADAR WAS ALSO INDICATING VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH A FEW 

THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING AND INTENSIFYING ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL 

TEXAS. ALL OF THIS HEAVY RAINFALL WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA 

OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. THIS HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE EXISTING 

FLOODING TO WORSEN. TAKE PRECAUTIONS AND MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF 

YOU ARE IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA. THIS IS A DANGEROUS FLOOD SITUATION 

DEVELOPING 



IN ADDITION...FRANKLIN COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTS A SMALL 

MUDSLIDE HAS CLOSED A COUNTY ROAD NEAR OZARK. CAMPGROUNDS ALONG 

MULBERRY CREEK HAVE BEEN CLOSED. 



RADAR INDICATES THAT 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER 

THE WARNED AREA. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 400 

PM CST.



MOST OF SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS WILL BE 

AFFECTED BY THE HEAVY RAINFALL THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. 



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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