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WGUS74 KOUN 051226

FFSOKC

OKC049-051245- 



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK

720 AM CDT THU JUN 5 2003



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR GARVIN COUNTY THROUGH 745 AM. 

HEAVY RAINS HAVE OCCURRED OVER SOUTHERN GARVIN COUNTY OVERNIGHT. THE 

OBSERVER IN ELMORE CITY HAS REPORTED 8.25 INCHES OF RAINFALL IN THE 

PAST 24 HOURS... WITH MOST OF THAT FALLING SINCE MIDNIGHT. AS OF 720 

AM... THE RAINS HAD SUBSIDED OVER GARVIN COUNTY... ALTHOUGH A FEW 

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE STILL OCCURRING OVER SOUTH CENTRAL 

OKLAHOMA. 



STREAMS AND CREEKS IN SOUTHERN GARVIN COUNTY... INCLUDING RUSH AND 

WILDHORSE CREEK AND THEIR TRIBUTARIES... ARE LIKELY IN FLOOD. 



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.



LAT...LON 3483 9731 3450 9715 3452 9755 3485 9755



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