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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK

345 AM CDT SUN MAY 25 2003



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

JEFFERSON...AND LOVE COUNTIES...



AT 345 AM...RADAR SHOWED ANOTHER AREA OF HEAVY RAIN DEVELOPING OVER 

SOUTHERN COTTON COUNTY...THAT WILL MOVE INTO JEFFERSON COUNTY. 

RAINFALL RATES HAVE DIMINISHED HOWEVER...WITH RADAR NOW SHOWING

RAINFALL TOTALS BETWEEN 3 AND 4 INCHES IN A NARROW BAND FROM NEAR 

WALTERS...SOUTHEASTWARD TO WAURIKA...GRADY...LEON...AND 

THACKERVILLE. THE HIGHEST TOTALS WERE LOCATED OVER SOUTHEAST 

JEFFERSON COUNTY...NEAR GRADY...EASTWARD TO ABOUT COURTNEY IN LOVE 

COUNTY...WHERE BETWEEN 6 AND 10 INCHES OF RAIN WAS POSSIBLE.



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



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JAMES

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