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WGUS74 KSHV 040837

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OKC089-040850-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

236 AM CST TUE JAN 4 2005



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 AM CST FOR MCCURTAIN

COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA HAS EXPIRED...



...A FLOOD WATCH FOR FLASH FLOODING CONTINUED IN EFFECT FOR

MCCURTAIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA UNTIL 600 AM CST...



AT 235 AM CST...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR

IN SHREVEPORT LOUISIANA...DETECTED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER

OKLAHOMA AND ARKANSAS...BUT THESE WERE WELL NORTH OF MCCURTAIN

COUNTY...AND NOT CONTRIBUTING WATER TO THE AREA. EARLIER RAINFALL

ENDED BEFORE MIDNIGHT...WHICH HAS ALLOWED HIGH WATER TO DRAIN FROM

LOW LYING AREAS...LOW WATER CROSSINGS...AND STAGES IN THE RAPID

RESPONSE CREEKS AND RIVERS TO LOWER.



RAINFALL AMOUNTS AROUND MCCURTAIN COUNTY ENDING AT MIDNIGHT

INCLUDED...MT HERMAN 1.62 INCHES...BROKEN BOW 2.89 INCHES...AND

IDABEL 1.97 INCHES. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OVER AN AREA THAT HAD

NEAR 1.50 INCHES YESTERDAY...SENT SOILS ABOVE THE SATURATION

LEVEL.



THE STEADY RAINS DURING THE DAY AND INTO THE EVENING ALLOWED A NEARLY

9 FOOT RISE TO OCCUR IN THE GLOVER RIVER BASIN...WHICH ROSE FROM ITS

9 FOOT STAGE AROUND 4 PM TO AROUND 17.43 FEET AROUND 9 PM...WHICH WAS

ABOVE THE FLOOD STAGE OF 16 FEET. THE GLOVER RIVER HAD DROPPED BELOW

THE FLOOD STAGE LEVEL THIS MORNING.



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000 

WGUS74 KSHV 040837

FFSSHV

OKC089-040850-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

236 AM CST TUE JAN 4 2005



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 AM CST FOR MCCURTAIN

COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA HAS EXPIRED...



...A FLOOD WATCH FOR FLASH FLOODING CONTINUED IN EFFECT FOR

MCCURTAIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA UNTIL 600 AM CST...



AT 235 AM CST...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR

IN SHREVEPORT LOUISIANA...DETECTED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER

OKLAHOMA AND ARKANSAS...BUT THESE WERE WELL NORTH OF MCCURTAIN

COUNTY...AND NOT CONTRIBUTING WATER TO THE AREA. EARLIER RAINFALL

ENDED BEFORE MIDNIGHT...WHICH HAS ALLOWED HIGH WATER TO DRAIN FROM

LOW LYING AREAS...LOW WATER CROSSINGS...AND STAGES IN THE RAPID

RESPONSE CREEKS AND RIVERS TO LOWER.



RAINFALL AMOUNTS AROUND MCCURTAIN COUNTY ENDING AT MIDNIGHT

INCLUDED...MT HERMAN 1.62 INCHES...BROKEN BOW 2.89 INCHES...AND

IDABEL 1.97 INCHES. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OVER AN AREA THAT HAD

NEAR 1.50 INCHES YESTERDAY...SENT SOILS ABOVE THE SATURATION

LEVEL.



THE STEADY RAINS DURING THE DAY AND INTO THE EVENING ALLOWED A NEARLY

9 FOOT RISE TO OCCUR IN THE GLOVER RIVER BASIN...WHICH ROSE FROM ITS

9 FOOT STAGE AROUND 4 PM TO AROUND 17.43 FEET AROUND 9 PM...WHICH WAS

ABOVE THE FLOOD STAGE OF 16 FEET. THE GLOVER RIVER HAD DROPPED BELOW

THE FLOOD STAGE LEVEL THIS MORNING.



$$



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