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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

1150 PM CST TUE MAR 19 2002



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

   SEBASTIAN...SEQUOYAH...HASKELL...LE FLORE...PITTSBURG...LATIMER...

   PUSHMATAHA AND CHOCTAW COUNTIES UNTIL 400 AM CST...



AT 1145 PM CST...RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE 

RAIN CONTINUES OVER SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.  RAIN 

WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA THROUGH 400 AM.



RADAR INDICATES THAT A WIDE AREA OF 4 TO 5 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED 

AMOUNTS NEAR 6 INCHES...OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE WARNED 

AREA DURING THE PAST 24 HOURS.  ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE 

POSSIBLE THROUGH 400 AM.



AT 1115 PM CST...CRAWFORD COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED:

    - STATE HIGHWAY 282 OUTSIDE OF MOUNTAINBURG WAS FLOODED AT THE   

      LOW WATER BRIDGE

    - PEVEHOUSE ROAD IN NORTHWEST VAN BUREN WAS FLOODED AT THE LOW   

      WATER BRIDGE

    - 2300 BLOCK OF WIRE ROAD IN VAN BUREN WAS FLOODED

    - ASH STREET IN MOUNTAINBURG WAS FLOODED



AT 1110 PM CST...SEBASTION COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED:

    - STATE HIGHWAY 71 NEAR MANSFIELD WAS FLOODED

    - STATE HIGHWAY 255 AT THE VACHE GRASS BRIDGE WAS FLOODED

    - JENNY LIND LOOP BRIDGE WAS FLOODED

    - STATE HIGHWAY 255 AT HICKMAN BLUFF



AT 1105 PM CST...CHOCTAW COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED:

    - NUMEROUS LOW WATER CROSSINGS CONTINUE TO BE FLOODED



AT 1105 PM CST...HASKELL COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED:

    - WATER COVERED THE ROADWAY AT THE INTERSECTION OF STATE HIGHWAY 

      31 AND STATE HIGHWAY 9



AT 1105 PM CST...LATIMER COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED:

    - STATE HIGHWAY 82 SOUTH OF RED OAK TO TALIHINA HAD WATER        

      COVERING THE ROADWAY

    - STATE HIGHWAY 82 NORTH OF RED OAK TO LEQUIRE HAD WATER         

      COVERING THE ROADWAY



AT 1103 PM CST...PITTSBURGH COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED:

    -  STATE HIGHWAY 63 APPROXIMATELY 3 1/2 WAS OF HALLEYVILLE WAS FLOODED



AT 1103 PM CST...PUSHMATAHA COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED:

    - NUMEROUS COUNTY ROADS REMAIN FLOODED



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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