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000 

WGUS74 KOUN 250737

FFSOKC

OKC033-067-085-251000-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK

237 AM CDT SUN MAY 25 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM FOR COTTON...

JEFFERSON...AND LOVE COUNTIES...



AT 237 AM...RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW A BAND OF TORRENTIAL RAIN 

FALLING FROM JUST NORTH OF WALTERS IN COTTON COUNTY...SOUTHWESTWARD 

THROUGH JEFFERSON COUNTY...TO NEAR LEON AND THACKERVILLE IN LOVE 

COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAD 

ALREADY FALLEN FROM NEAR WALTERS...TO ABOUT WAURIKA...WHILE 5 TO 8 

INCHES HAD FALLEN FROM JUST NORTH OF GRADY...SOUTHWESTWARD TO NEAR 

COURTNEY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES IS POSSIBLE...BEFORE 

THE RAIN ENDS LATER THIS MORNING.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS 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.



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 3394 9703 3373 9711 3417 9847 3444 9839



$$

JAMES

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000 

WGUS74 KOUN 250737

FFSOKC

OKC033-067-085-251000-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK

237 AM CDT SUN MAY 25 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM FOR COTTON...

JEFFERSON...AND LOVE COUNTIES...



AT 237 AM...RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW A BAND OF TORRENTIAL RAIN 

FALLING FROM JUST NORTH OF WALTERS IN COTTON COUNTY...SOUTHWESTWARD 

THROUGH JEFFERSON COUNTY...TO NEAR LEON AND THACKERVILLE IN LOVE 

COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAD 

ALREADY FALLEN FROM NEAR WALTERS...TO ABOUT WAURIKA...WHILE 5 TO 8 

INCHES HAD FALLEN FROM JUST NORTH OF GRADY...SOUTHWESTWARD TO NEAR 

COURTNEY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES IS POSSIBLE...BEFORE 

THE RAIN ENDS LATER THIS MORNING.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS 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.



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 3394 9703 3373 9711 3417 9847 3444 9839



$$

JAMES

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