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WGUS74 KTSA 082000

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OKC077-082100-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

300 PM CDT MON APR 8 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR LATIMER COUNTY UNTIL 400 PM

   CDT...



AT 300 PM CDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY

RAIN MOVING THROUGH EASTERN LATIMER COUNTY.  



AT 250 PM CDT...CITY HALL IN RED OAK WAS REPORTED TO BE FLOODED.



THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH...AND THE HEAVIEST 

RAIN WILL BE EXITING LATIMER COUNTY BY 400 PM.  SATURATED SOILS 

ALONG WITH RECENT HEAVY RAINS WILL LEAD TO RAPID RISES IN WATER 

LEVELS.



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.



LAT...LON 3501 9541 3471 9541 3472 9508 3489 9506

          3505 9496

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