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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK

110 AM CDT THU SEP 11 2003



THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED TO MOVE ACROSS 

PARTS OF HARMON...GREER...AND BECKHAM COUNTIES. AS OF 1 AM...THE 

MESONET STATION AT ERICK HAD RECORDED OVER 5 INCHES OF RAIN. RADAR   

ESTIMATES INDICATED EVEN HIGHER RAINFALL AMOUNTS MAY HAVE OCCURRED 

FROM NORTHERN HARMON COUNTY NORTHEASTWARD INTO NORTHWESTERN GREER 

AND MUCH OF BECKHAM COUNTY. ALTHOUGH THE HEAVIEST RAIN IS SLOWLY 

PUSHING EAST OF THESE AREAS...ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IS LIKELY FOR 

THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO AND SERIOUS FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY IN 

THE WARNING AREA.       

  



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.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS 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.



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 3515 9936 3466 9972 3468 10003 3543 9986

          3540 9944



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