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WGUS74 KTSA 080114

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OKC037-143-080200-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

808 PM CDT THU OCT 7 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR TULSA AND EASTERN CREEK         

   COUNTIES UNTIL 900 PM CDT...



AT 808 PM CDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW SHOWERS WITH A FEW EMBEDDED 

THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES EAST OF TULSA TO 

NEAR SAPULPA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.  



RADAR INDICATES THAT 4 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER 

EASTERN CREEK COUNTY AND CENTRAL TULSA COUNTY.  THE SHOWER AND 

THUNDERSTORM  ACTIVITY HAS BEGUN TO WEAKEN AND IS EXPECTED TO SHIFT 

EAST OF THE WARNED AREA 900 PM CDT.  THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS 

REPORTS OF STREET FLOODING IN THE CITIES OF SAPULPA AND 

TULSA...INCLUDING SEVERAL ROAD CLOSURES.  



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.



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 3607 9575 3594 9625 3608 9618 3624 9577



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