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WGUS74 KOUN 250557

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OKC065-TXC197-250700-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK

1252 AM CDT SUN MAY 25 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM...



AT 1252 AM...RADAR SHOWED HEAVY RAIN GRADUALLY DIMINISHING OVER 

SOUTHERN JACKSON AND NORTHERN HARDEMAN COUNTIES. RAINFALL ESTIMATES 

FROM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT BETWEEN 4 AND 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAD 

FALLEN OVER THE LAST 3 HOURS FROM JUST EAST OF ELDORADO...WESTWARD 

THROUGH THE SOUTHWEST TIP OF JACKSON COUNTY...AND INTO NORTHERN 

HARDEMAN COUNTY...TO JUST EAST OF NORTH GROESBECK.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES...AND FARM

LAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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 3450 9949 3411 9949 3411 9995 3450 9996



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JAMES

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