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OKC023-061-077-079-121-127-135-080200-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

745 PM CDT SUN APR 7 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR SEQUOYAH...HASKELL...LE FLORE...

   PITTSBURG...LATIMER...PUSHMATAHA AND CHOCTAW COUNTIES UNTIL 

   900 PM CDT...



AT 745 PM CDT...RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER THE WARNED 

AREA.  RAINFALL REPORTS HAVE BEEN BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES...WITH A 

NARROW STIPE OF 4 TO 6 INCH RAINS OCCURRING FROM WESTERN PUSHMATAHA 

COUNTY...ACROSS SOUTHEAST PITTSBURG COUNTY AND ON INTO THE AREAS 

NEAR WILBURTON AND STIGLER.  



PARTS OF HIGHWAY 9 IN HASKELL AND LE FLORE COUNTIES HAS BEEN 

FLOODED.  PARTS OF HIGHWAY 59 IN SEQUOYAH COUNTY HAVE ALSO BEEN 

COVERED WITH WATER.



RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE WARNED AREA. AN 

ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN WILL FALL IN SOME LOCATIONS.  

WIDESPREAD FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS...DITCHES AND LOW-LYING AREAS 

WILL OCCUR...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR SERIOUS FLOODING FROM IN THE 

AREAS AROUND ANTLERS...CLAYTON...BENGAL...POTEAU AND SALISAW.  



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.



LAT...LON 3388 9576 3416 9598 3416 9578 3451 9578

          3451 9567 3459 9567 3469 9609 3515 9600

          3527 9522 3564 9512 3565 9447 3451 9446

          3451 9504 3394 9515 3394 9561

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