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WGUS74 KOUN 140702

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OKC005-013-019-029-049-069-085-095-099-123-140800-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK

203 AM CDT WED AUG 14 2002



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 415 AM FOR ATOKA AND BRYAN 

COUNTIES. AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY CONTINUES UNTIL 230 

AM FOR CARTER...MURRAY...GARVIN...PONTOTOC...AND JOHNSTON COUNTIES. 



HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS...WHICH PRODUCED TORRENTIAL RAINFALL OVER MANY 

PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA EARLIER TUESDAY 

EVENING...HAVE MOVED OFF INTO FAR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA. BUT SCATTERED 

TO NUMEROUS HEAVY THUNDERSTORMAS ARE STILL TRACKING EAST AND 

SOUTHEAST ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL INTO SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA. IN SOME 

AREAS...THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING MORE HEAVY RAINFALL OVER 

AREAS ALREADY SATURATED BY THE EARLIER STORMS.  



RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES...AND OBSERVATIONS FROM THE OKLAHOMA 

MESONET...CONTINUE TO INDICATE LOCAL HOURLY TOTALS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES 

WITH THE CURRENT THUNDERSTORMS...AND LOCAL STORM TOTALS OF 4 TO 6 

INCHES SINCE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. 



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

AS LITTLE AS 6 INCHES OF WATER MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR

VEHICLE. TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES

INCLUDING SUVS AND PICKUP TRUCKS. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER

SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE TO

HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT DRIVE VEHICLES INTO

AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.



LAT...LON 3387 9595 3372 9634 3411 9755 3487 9757

          3441 9580 3417 9579 3417 9595



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