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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK

921 AM CDT THU JUN 13 2002



FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR DEWEY COUNTY UNTIL 10 

AM...FOR CUSTER COUNTY UNTIL 1115 AM...AND FOR SOUTHERN BLAINE 

COUNTY UNTIL 1130 AM. 



RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL THIS 

MORNING HAS FALLEN IN A BAND ALONG AND NEAR THE SOUTH CANADIAN RIVER 

VALLEY...FROM NEAR CAMARGO...TO PUTNAM...TO THOMAS...TO JUST 

NORTHEAST OF HYDRO. OBSERVED RAINFALL TOTALS CONFIRM THAT MANY AREAS 

HAVE RECEIVED RAINFALL AT RATES FROM 1.5 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR IN 

THESE AREAS. MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE 

MORNING IN MOST OF THESE AREAS...LIKELY BRINGING MORNING RAINFALL 

TOTALS TO BETWEEN 3 AND 6 INCHES WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS.



MOST OF THE AFFECTED AREAS ARE RURAL...BUT REPORTS FROM THE THOMAS 

POLICE DEPARTMENT INDICATE THAT CARS HAVE BEEN WASHED OFF THE ROAD 

INTO DITCHES IN THOMAS THIS MORNING.   



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...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARM LANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER

LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



LAT...LON 3588 9821 3557 9833 3559 9925 3614 9936



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