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WGUS74 KTSA 132218

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OKC021-140015-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

516 PM CDT TUE MAY 13 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR CHEROKEE COUNTY UNTIL 715 PM

   CDT...



THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED SOUTH OF CHEROKEE COUNTY HOWEVER FLOODING 

MAY CONTINUE DUE TO THE HEAVY RAINFALL RECEIVED EARLIER.  ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH 715 PM BY WHICH TIME ANY FLOOD 

WATERS ARE EXPECTED TO HAVE RECEEDED.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD TO

UNKNOWN DEPTHS. IT ONLY TAKES TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER TO CARRY AWAY

MOST SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUPS. TAKE A DIFFERENT ROUTE TO

REACH YOUR DESTINATION OR WAIT UNTIL THE WATER RECEDES. REMEMBER...

MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR IS

OCCURRING. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS...CREEKS AND DRAINAGE

DITCHES SHOULD BE READY TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION IF FLOODING IS

OBSERVED. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER BY FOOT OR BY

AUTO...YOU MAY BE SWEPT AWAY BY THE STRONG CURRENT. IT ONLY TAKES TWO

FEET OF RUSHING WATER TO CARRY AWAY MOST SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND

PICKUPS. TAKE A DIFFERENT ROUTE TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION OR WAIT

UNTIL THE WATER RECEDES.



LAT...LON 3601 9519 3570 9507 3573 9485 3615 9491

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