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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK

433 AM CDT SUN MAY 25 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN CLAY COUNTY 

UNTIL 6 AM...



AT 430 AM...RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF HEAVY RAIN EXITING THE EAST SIDE 

OF CLAY COUNTY...WITH ANOTHER AREA OF RAIN DEVELOPING OVER COTTON 

COUNTY IN OKLAHOMA...WHICH COULD MOVE SOUTHEASTWARD...OVER THE SAME 

AREAS WHICH HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED LARGE AMOUNTS OF RAIN.



RADAR ESTIMATES SUGGEST THAT BETWEEN 6 AND 8 INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN 

A TWO HOUR PERIOD EARLIER TONIGHT...FROM JUST NORTHEAST OF 

HURNVILLE...EASTWARD TO STANFORD AND TERRAL. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORM 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 3401 9796 3363 9796 3363 9842 3401 9843



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JAMES

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