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OKC023-061-077-079-121-127-135-080630-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

1105 PM CDT SUN APR 7 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR ADAIR...SEQUOYAH...HASKELL...

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

   SOUTHERN MCINTOSH AND SOUTHERN MUSKOGEE COUNTIES UNTIL

   130 AM CDT...



...WIDESPREAD FLOODING IS OCCURRING IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AT 

11PM...



MANY ROADS IN PITTSBURG...HASKELL AND LE FLORE COUNTIES HAVE BEEN 

REPORTED TO BE FLOODED.



THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL DURING THIS EVENT HAS BEEN IN PUSHMATAHA AND 

LATIMER COUNTIES WHERE MEASUREMENTS HAVE REACHED AS HIGH AS 6.26 

INCHES NEAR ANTLERS.  A SWATH OF 5 TO 6 INCH RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED 

FROM WESTERN PUSMATAHA COUNTY...INTO LATIMER AND LE FLORE COUNTIES.  

WIDESPREAD 3 TO 5 INCH AMOUNTS HAVE BEEN REPORTED ELSWHERE IN 

SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA.  



IN ADAIR COUNTY...RAINFALL HAS RANGED BETWEEN BETWEEN 2.5 AND 3 

INCHES...WITH THE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY REPORTING 

RISING WATER EARLIER THIS EVENING.



THE RAIN WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH IN EASTERN OKLAHOMA THROUGH 

1AM...HOWEVER WATER LEVELS WILL REMAIN HIGH IN SOME AREAS FOR 

SEVERAL MORE HOURS AND MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAINN VERY ALERT FOR WATER 

ON ROADWAYS AND NEVER DRIVE ONTO A FLOOD ROAD.

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