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OKC113-117-170500-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

1110 PM CDT THU MAY 16 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR OSAGE AND PAWNEE COUNTIES UNTIL

   MIDNIGHT CDT...



AT 1110 PM CDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY

HEAVY RAIN ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF WESTPORT

TO JENNINGS...MOVING SLOWLY EAST.



RADAR INDICATES THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER 

PORTIONS OF EASTERN PAWNEE AND SOUTHERN OSAGE COUNTY. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 

INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH MIDNIGHT CDT.  SEVERAL ROADS HAVE 

ALREADY BECOME IMPASSABLE. 



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

INCLUDE OSAGE...HOMINY...JENNINGS...TERLTON...HALLETT...CLEVELAND AND

WESTPORT.



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 3652 9655 3633 9661 3618 9658 3619 9601

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