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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

400 AM CDT SAT JUL 3 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR WASHINGTON...FRANKLIN...

   CRAWFORD...SEBASTIAN...CHEROKEE...ADAIR...WAGONER...MUSKOGEE...

   SEQUOYAH...MCINTOSH...HASKELL AND LE FLORE COUNTIES UNTIL 745 AM

   CDT...



AT 400 AM CDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY

RAIN ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM OKMULGEE TO GREENWOOD.  INDIVIDUAL 

THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN THIS LINE WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH...HOWEVER 

THE ENTIRE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS MOVING SOUTH AT ONLY 10 MPH.



LOCATIONS NORTH OF THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO 

RECEIVE ANY SIGNIFICANT ADDITIONAL RAIN...HOWEVER FLOODING MAY STILL 

CONTINUE DUE TO THE HIGH RAINFALL AMOUNTS THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD 

WARNING WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT.



RADAR INDICATES THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES WITH ISOLATED 4 INCH AMOUNTS OF 

RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA. THROUGH 800 AM 

CDT...ANOTHER 2 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITHIN AND SOUTH OF THE 

LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS.



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

DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT AT NIGHT TO TELL HOW

MUCH WATER IS ON THE ROADS. IT ONLY TAKES TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER

TO CARRY AWAY MOST SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUPS. MOTORISTS

SHOULD NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. TAKE A DIFFERENT

ROUTE TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION OR WAIT UNTIL THE WATER RECEDES.



LAT...LON 3461 9490 3524 9495 3514 9529 3604 9563

          3617 9394 3577 9390 3534 9375



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