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WGUS74 KTSA 242332

FFSTSA



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

630 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2005



OKC021-242345-

CHEROKEE OK-

630 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2005



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

COUNTY...



AT 620 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THE FLOODING WAS 

DIMINISHING IN THE TAHLEQUAH AREA.  HOWEVER...THUNDERSTORMS WITH 

VERY HEAVY CONTINUE MOVING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF CHEROKEE 

COUNTY.  THOSE STORMS WILL PRODUCE MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN THROUGH 645 

PM.  

.

RADAR INDICATES THAT ON 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN 

OVER THE WARNED AREA. ANOTHER ONE HALF TO ONE INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE 

THROUGH 645 PM CDT OVER SOUTHERN CHEROKEE COUNTY...WITH LESSER 

AMOUNTS ELSEWHERE.  



RAIN WILL END FROM THE NORTHWEST TO THE SOUTHEAST ACROSS CHEROKEE 

COUNTY THROUGH 730 PM.  



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND

STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND

FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING

AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR IS 

OCCURRING. 



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

      3615 9481



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