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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

526 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2005



OKC021-242345-

CHEROKEE OK-

526 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR CHEROKEE

COUNTY...



AT 514 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF 

TAHLEQUAH...AND ALSO JUST NORTHWEST OF HULBERT AND JUST WEST OF 

HULBERT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.



SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN 

INCLUDE HULBERT...LOST CITY...AND AREAS SOUTHEAST OF TAHLEQUAH.



RADAR INDICATES THAT SOME AREAS HAVE RECEIVED 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN 

HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA. ANOTHER INCH OF RAIN WILL 

BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 645 PM CDT OVER PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY.  



THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAD MOVED OUT OF THE TAHLEQUAH AREA AT 525 PM. 

HOWEVER...MORE RAIN WILL MOVE INTO TAHLEQUAH BEFORE 6 PM...WITH AN 

ADDITIONAL ONE HALF TO ONE INCH OF RAIN POSSIBLE. 



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

UNKNOWN DEPTHS. REMEMBER...MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN 

AUTOMOBILES.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR IS 

OCCURRING. TAKE A DIFFERENT ROUTE TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION OR WAIT 

UNTIL THE WATER RECEDES.



FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN THE TAHLEQUAH AREA. 



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN TULSA.



LAT...LON 3616 9510 3583 9517 3565 9511 3565 9482

      3615 9481



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