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OKC149-090200-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK

827 PM CDT SAT JUN 8 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR WASHITA COULTY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM...



THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED EAST OUT OF WASHITA COUNTY AS OF 825 

PM...AND RAIN HAS ENDED THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. RADAR INDICATES THAT 

MAXIMUM STORM TOTALS MAY HAVE REACHED BETWEEN 7 AND 11 INCHES 

LOCALLY...FROM NORTHWEST OF LAKE VALLEY...NORTHEAST TO NEAR COWDEN 

AND COLONY. 



FLOODING WILL LIKELY CONTINUE ALONG CREEKS AND STREAMS FOR A COUPLE 

MORE HOURS...AS RUNOFF CONTINUES FROM THE EARLIER RAIN. BUT WITH 

HEAVY RAIN NOW OVER...AND NO ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED THIS 

EVENING...WATER LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO FALL OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. 

THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR WASHITA COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE 

AT 9 PM...AND WILL NOT BE EXTENDED.  



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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