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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

400 AM CST WED MAR 20 2002



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

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

   PUSHMATAHA AND CHOCTAW COUNTIES...



AT 355 AM CST...RADAR INDICATED LIGHT RAIN ACROSS NORTHWEST ARKANSAS 

AND PORTIONS OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA. THE RAIN WILL BE COMING TO AN END 

THIS MORNING...SO THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. 



RADAR INDICATES THAT 4 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS 

NEAR 6 INCHES...HAVE FALLEN OVER THE AREA DURING THE PAST 24 HOURS.  

RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH EARLY MORNING SHOULD BE LESS THAN A 

HALF INCH. 



HOWEVER...MANY STATE HIGHWAYS AND COUNTY ROADS ACROSS THE AREA 

REMAIN FLOODED. EVEN THOUGH THE RAIN HAS NEARLY ENDED...WIDESPREAD 

FLOODING WILL CONTINUE TODAY...BEFORE THE WATER RECEDES. 



NEVER 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. 



ALSO...BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO 

RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. 



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SJT

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