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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT...CORRECTED HEADLINE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

440 PM CST TUE MAR 19 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR MADISON COUNTY UNTIL 800 PM 

CST...



AT 440 PM CST...RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW AN AREA OF HEAVY RAIN OVER 

MADISON COUNTY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. ADDITIONAL HEAVIER 

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA WERE ALSO MOVING 

NORTHEAST TOWARD THE WARNED AREA.



RADAR INDICATES THAT 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER 

THE WARNED AREA. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 800 

PM CST.



SOME LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND COUNTY ROADS WERE REPORTED TO HAVE HIGH 

WATER EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON...AND WITH RUNOFF FROM ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL...ANY FLOODING PROBLEMS WILL WORSEN. 



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

INCLUDE HARMONY...ARBAUGH...RED STAR...WEATHERS...HUNTSVILLE...ST

PAUL...PETTIGREW...AURORA...WESLEY...KINGSTON...HINDSVILLE...FORUM...

BEST...COMBS...BRASHEARS...DUTTON...PATRICK...BOSTON...DELANEY...

CROSSES...WITTER...JAPTON...GEORGETOWN...MARBLE...ALABAM...CLIFTY AND

ROCKHOUSE.



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.



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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