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WGUS74 KTSA 232317

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OKC001-021-240115-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

616 PM CDT FRI APR 23 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR CHEROKEE AND ADAIR COUNTIES

   UNTIL 815 PM CDT...



AT 616 PM CDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY

RAIN 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF TAHLEQUAH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. 

THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING UPWARDS OF 2 INCHES OF RAIN 

PER HOUR. THIS WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND 

SOME SMALL STREAMS. 



SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY THE HEAVY RAIN 

INCLUDE WOODALL...BARON...CHRISTIE...PROCTOR...WESTVILLE...BALLARD...

TAHLEQUAH...ELDON...PEGGS AND SCRAPER.



HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS RAPIDLY...SO DO NOT DRIVE

YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER OF AN UNKNOWN DEPTH COVERS THE

ROAD. IT ONLY TAKES TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER TO CARRY AWAY MOST

SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUPS. TAKE A DIFFERENT ROUTE TO REACH

YOUR DESTINATION OR WAIT UNTIL THE WATER RECEDES. REMEMBER...MOST

FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.



LAT...LON 3616 9511 3564 9512 3595 9452 3614 9459



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