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WGUS74 KTSA 080441

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OKC105-080700-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

1141 PM CDT TUE MAY 7 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR NORTHERN NOWATA COUNTY UNTIL 

200 AM CDT...



AT 1141 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THAT THE HEAVY RAIN THAT WAS 

AFFECTING NORTHERN NOWATA COUNTY EARLIER THIS EVENING HAD MOVED EAST 

OF THE WARNED AREA. LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORT SOME HIGH WATER 

CONTINUING AROUND SOUTH COFFEYVILLE...HOWEVER...WATER LEVELS WERE 

BEGINNING TO RECEDE. 



HIGH WATER WILL REMAIN A PROBLEM IN SOME LOW LYING AREAS OF NORTHERN 

NOWATA COUNTY THROUGH 200 AM. 



RADAR INDICATES THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN OVER THE 

WARNED AREA. 



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. IT IS

IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR

CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS SHOULD AVOID

CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS.



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