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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK

230 AM CDT THU SEP 11 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR BECKHAM...GREER...AND HARMON 

COUNTIES UNTIL 315 AM...



THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED TO MOVE ACROSS 

PARTS OF HARMON...GREER...AND BECKHAM COUNTIES. AS OF 230 AM...THE 

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

ESTIMATES INDICATE EVEN HIGHER RAINFALL AMOUNTS MAY HAVE OCCURRED 

FROM NORTHERN HARMON COUNTY...NORTHEASTWARD INTO NORTHWESTERN GREER 

AND MUCH OF BECKHAM COUNTY. ALTHOUGH THE HEAVIEST RAIN CONTINUES TO 

PUSH SOUTH AND EAST OF THESE AREAS...ADDITIONAL MODERATE TO HEAVY 

RAINFALL 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.



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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