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WGUS74 KTSA 170340

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OKC127-170430-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

1040 PM CDT TUE APR 16 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR NORTHERN PUSHMATAHA COUNTY 

UNTIL 1130 PM CDT...



AT 1035 PM CDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY

HEAVY RAIN 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ALBION...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.



RADAR INDICATES THAT 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER 

THE WARNED AREA. ANOTHER INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 1130 PM CDT.



SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY THE HEAVY RAIN 

INCLUDE ALBION AND RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEAST PUSHMATAHA COUNTY. 



ALTHOUGH HEAVY RAINS HAVE MOVED INTO THE FAR NORTHEAST PART 

PUSHMATAHA COUNTIES...RUNOFF PROBLEMS MAY CONTINUE THROUGH THE NEXT 

HOUR. 



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY

IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



LAT...LON 3451 9579 3438 9578 3447 9505 3471 9502

          3466 9545

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