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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK

717 PM CDT SAT JUN 8 2002



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



THE POTENTIAL CONTINUES FOR SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING...MAINLY OFER 

EAST AND SOUTHEAST PARTS OF THE COUNTY. MAXIMUM RADAR ESTIMATED 

STORM TOTALS ARE BETWEEN 6 AND 10 INCHES...FROM NEAR CLOUD CHIEF AND 

LAKE VALLEY...NORTHEAST TO BETWEEN COLONY AND EAKLY. VERY HEAVY 

THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS THESE AREAS...FROM NEAR GOTEBO AND 

MOUNTAIN VIEW...NORTHEAST TOWARD HINTON. RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 

INCHES PER HOUR REMAIN LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS...WHICH COULD PUSH 

LOCAL STORM TOTALS OVER 10 INCHES BY LATE THIS EVENING. 



OVER WESTERN WASHITA COUNTY...RAIN HAS ENDED OR TAPERED OFF. A FEW 

SHOWERS ARE STILL POSSIBLE THIS EVENING...BUT THE MAIN RISK OF FLASH 

FLOODING HAS SHIFTED TO THE EASTERN PARTS OF THE COUNTY. 



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 MAY CAUSE SIGNIFICANT AND LIFE-THREATENING FLASH 

FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...NORMALLY DRY 

WASHES...AND FARM LAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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



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