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OKC001-023-061-077-079-091-101-121-127-135-080630-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

1005 PM CDT SUN APR 7 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR ADAIR...

   SOUTHERN MUSKOGEE...SEQUOYAH...SOUTHERN MCINTOSH...HASKELL...

   LE FLORE...PITTSBURG...LATIMER...PUSHMATAHA AND CHOCTAW 

   COUNTIES UNTIL 130 AM CDT...



...A DANGEROUS FLASH FLOOD SITUATION HAS DEVELOPED ACROSS SOUTHEAST 

OKLAHOMA...



AT 955 PM RAIN...HEAVY AT TIMES...CONTINUED TO FALL ACROSS THE 

ENTIRE WARNED AREA.  RAINFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES IS COMMON WITH 5 TO 6 

INCHES REPORTED FROM THE ANTLERS AREA TOWARD WILBURTON.



THROUGH MIDNIGHT THE HEAVIEST RAIN WILL FALL ACROSS PARTS OF 

LE FLORE COUNTY...WITH RAIN CONTINUING THROUGH 11PM AT MOST 

LOCATIONS. THE RAIN WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH WITH TIME FROM WEST TO 

EAST.



MANY COUNTY ROADS HAVE BEEN REPORTED UNDER WATER IN LE FLORE 

COUNTY.  WITH THE HEAVIEST RAINS MOVING ACROSS LE FLORE 

COUNTY...LIFE THREATENING SITUATIONS MAY OCCUR.



MANY ROADS ARE CLOSED IN PITTSBURG COUNTY...INCLUDING 

HIGHWAY 270 WEST OF MCALESTER.



THIS IS A DANGEROUS FLASH FLOOD SITURATION.  IF YOU LIVE IN A FLOOD 

PRONE AREA...YOU SHOULD ALREADY BE SET TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



DO NOT RISK YOUR LIFE BY DRIVING ONTO WATER COVERED ROADS.  MOST 

FLASH FLOOD DEATHS IN THIS AREA ARE IN VEHICLES.  





LAT...LON 3388 9547 3396 9595 3460 9567 3469 9608

          3531 9599 3548 9546 3566 9511 3567 9479

          3592 9479 3617 9481 3617 9457 3542 9444

          3453 9449 3454 9505 3395 9517

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