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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK

625 PM CDT SAT JUN 8 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 9 PM FOR WASHITA COUNTY...



A POTENTIALLY SERIOUS FLASH FLOOD SITUATION CONTINUES TO UNFOLD OVER 

PARTS OF WASHITA COUNTY. RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES STILL INDICATE 

HOURLY RAINFALL RATES BETWEEN 3 AND 4 INCHES IN TWO AREAS...ONE 

BETWEEN BURNS FLAT AND FOSS...AND THE OTHER FROM NEAR CLOUD CHIEF 

NORTHEAST TO NEAR COLONY. TOTAL RAINFALL AT THE OKLAHOMA MESONET 

SITE NEAR BESSIE WAS 3.26 INCHES AS OF 6 PM...MOST OF WHICH FELL 

AFTER 3 PM. HIGHER AMOUNTS LIKELY HAVE FALLEN IN OTHER PARTS OF THE 

COUNTY. HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TRACKING SLOWLY NORTH AND 

NORTHEAST OVER THESE SAME AREAS FOR AT LEAST ANOTHER HOUR OR TWO. 

STORM TOTALS COULD EXCEED 8 TO 10 INCHES LOCALLY BY MID EVENING.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.

THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY.

VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO

HIGHER GROUND.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES...AND FARM

LAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



KEEP CHILDREN FROM PLAYING NEAR RUSHING FLOOD WATERS. THE BANKS OF

STREAMS AND FLOODWAYS ARE SLIPPERY AND RAIN SOFTENED GROUND MAY GIVE

WAY EASILY. DO NOT LET YOUR CHILD BE A VICTIM OF DANGEROUS FLOOD

WATERS



LAT...LON 3545 9862 3514 9862 3515 9933 3545 9933



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