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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

1150 AM CDT FRI JUL 2 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR CRAWFORD...SEBASTIAN...SEQUOYAH

   AND LE FLORE COUNTIES UNTIL 200 PM CDT...



AT 1150 AM CDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY 

HEAVY RAIN OVER MUCH OF CRAWFORD AND SEBASTIAN COUNTIES...MOVING

EAST AT 25 MPH. 



FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN WESTERN SEBASTIAN COUNTY...WHERE HIGHWAY 45 

WAS CLOSED NEAR BONANZA DUE TO HIGH WATER. SIGNIFICANT FLOODING WAS 

ALSO REPORTED IN THE GREENWOOD AREA IN SEBASTIAN COUNTY.



RADAR INDICATES THAT 3 TO 6 INCHES INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN 

OVER THE WARNED AREA. ANOTHER HALF INCH TO AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE 

THROUGH 200 PM CDT...MAINLY OVER CRAWFORD AND SEBASTIAN COUNTIES.



WHILE RAINFALL HAS ENDED OVER LE FLORE AND SEQUOYAH 

COUNTIES...SIGNIFICANT RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE.



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

UNKNOWN DEPTHS. 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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR IS

OCCURRING. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS...CREEKS AND DRAINAGE

DITCHES SHOULD BE READY TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION IF FLOODING IS

OBSERVED. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER BY FOOT OR BY

AUTO...YOU MAY BE SWEPT AWAY BY THE STRONG CURRENT. 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.



LAT...LON 3564 9481 3474 9498 3498 9434 3573 9400



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