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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK

820 PM CST FRI APR 2 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN AND 

WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY UNTIL 915 PM...



AT 820 PM... RADAR SHOWED THAT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO 

DEVELOP AND MOVE NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH IN WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY. RADAR 

ESTIMATES SOME AREAS HAVE RECEIVED 4 TO 7 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE MID 

AFTERNOON IN A NARROW BAND FROM NEAR ROOSEVELT TO ALTUS LAKE. 

FLOODING OF CREEKS AND LOW LYING AREAS IS LIKELY.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODS. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH 

FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...NORMALLY DRY 

WASHES...AND FARM LAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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 3491 9898 3477 9905 3482 9924 3500 9933



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