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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

850 PM CST TUE MAR 19 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR SEQUOYAH AND HASKELL COUNTIES 

UNTIL 1000 PM CST...



AT 850 PM CST...RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW AN AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAIN 

OVER HASKELL AND SEQUOYAH COUNTIES...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. 

ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL OVER SOUTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA WILL MOVE INTO 

THE AREA BEFORE 1000 PM CST. ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL ONLY CAUSE 

EXISTING FLOODING PROBLEMS TO WORSEN.



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 1000 

PM CST.



AT 800 PM CST...HASKELL COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED SANS 

BOIS CREEK OUT OF ITS BANKS. ALSO ROADS WERE FLOODED OVER THE 

SOUTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY. 



AT 735 PM CST...THE SEQUOYAH COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED THAT 

MANY COUNTY ROADS EAST OF SALLISAW WERE UNDERWATER. SIDE STREETS 

WERE ALSO FLOODED IN VIAN.



SIGNIFICANT FLOODING HAS OCCURRED IN OTHER PARTS OF SOUTHEAST 

OKLAHOMA...THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION...AND RESIDENTS SHOULD 

CLOSELY MONITOR THE LATEST WEATHER AND FLOOD INFORMATION.



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 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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