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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

440 AM CDT WED JUN 16 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 845 AM CDT FOR MCCURTAIN

COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 AM CDT FOR

MCCURTAIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA. AT 440 AM CDT...NATIONAL

WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN

NORTHWEST OF A VALLIANT TO BETHEL...AND SMITHVILLE LINE FROM SHOWERS

AND THUNDERSTORMS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS

WILL PROVIDE ANOTHER 1 TO POSSIBLE 2 INCHES...ADDING TO AMOUNTS

ESTIMATED BETWEEN 2 TO 4 INCHES OVER MCCURTAIN COUNTY BETWEEN

BETHEL AND GLOVER. THIS WATER RUNOFF WILL CAUSE RAPID RISES IN

THE MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN DRAINAGE SYSTEMS...ESPECIALLY ON THE GLOVER

RIVER BETWEEN BETHEL AND GLOVER...AND LATER NEAR THE CONFLUENCE OF

THE LITTLE RIVER AND GLOVER RIVER...SOUTHEAST OF WRIGHT CITY.

INTERESTS AND CAMPERS ALONG THE GLOVER RIVER SHOULD BE ALERT TO A 6

TO 8 FOOT RISE OR POSSIBLY HIGHER...WITH THIS RISE CONTINUING

DOWNSTREAM DURING THE DAY.



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

ROADWAY. WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES

CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. IN HILLY TERRAIN

THERE ARE MANY LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN

HEAVY RAIN. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.



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