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WGUS74 KTSA 071628

FFSTUL

OKC077-071645-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

1127 AM CDT WED JUL 7 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR EASTERN LATIMER COUNTY UNTIL 

1145 AM CDT...



AT 1125 AM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THAT 

ONLY LIGHT RAIN REMAINED IN THE WARNED AREA OF EASTERN LATIMER 

COUNTY...HOWEVER WATERS FROM PREVIOUS RAINS COULD STILL BE CAUSING 

FLOODING IN SOME LOCATIONS.  THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT REPORTED THAT 

HIGHWAY 82 FROM TALIHINA TO RED OAK WAS PASSABLE AND THAT ANY MINOR 

FLOODING FROM EARLIER IN THE MORNING HAD RECEDED.



PEOPLE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN EASTERN LATIMER COUNTY...ESPECIALLY IN 

THE BENGAL AREA...SHOULD WATCH AHEAD FOR ANY WATERS RUNNING ACROSS 

THE ROADWAY.



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.





LAT...LON 3495 9516 3475 9514 3475 9506 3486 9505

          3487 9500 3495 9499



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