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WGUS74 KTSA 041532

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OKC105-147-041800-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

928 AM CST THU MAR 4 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR WASHINGTON AND NOWATA COUNTIES

   UNTIL 1200 NOON CST...



AT 925 AM CST...RADAR SHOWED ONLY SHOWERS AND LIGHT RAIN OCCURRING 

OVER PORTIONS OF WASHINGTON AND NOWATA COUNTIES.  THE HEAVIER 

PRECIPITATION HAS MOVED NORTH INTO KANSAS. 



HOWEVER...RADAR INDICATES THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER 

AN AREA FROM BARTLESVILLE TO OCHELATA TO SOUTH COFFEYVILLE TO WANN 

AND BACK TO BARTLESVILLE.  FLOODING OF SOME ROADS AND URBAN AREAS 

HAS BEEN REPORTED.  THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL CONTINUE UNTIL THE 

WATER HAS HAD TIME TO RECEDE.  



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD TO 

UNKNOWN DEPTHS. REMEMBER...MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN 

AUTOMOBILES.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF MAY CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND 

STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES THROUGH THE REST OF THE MORNING.  

ADDITIONALLY ...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS 

AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO THE FLOODING.



LAT...LON 3700 9598 3645 9600 3647 9582 3660 9582

          3663 9542 3701 9541



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