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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK

450 AM CDT TUE JUL 5 2005



OKC005-051315-

ATOKA OK-

450 AM CDT TUE JUL 5 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 815 AM CDT FOR ATOKA

COUNTY...



AT 450 AM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS HAVE REPORTED AREAS OF 

FLOODING IN AND AROUND ATOKA. ALTHOUGH MOST OF THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS 

MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA...PERIODS OF MODERATE RAIN WILL 

CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING...AGGRAVATING HIGH WATER 

PROBLEMS. MANY AREAS ACROSS ATOKA COUNTY HAS RECEIVED 2 TO 4 INCHES 

OF RAIN OVERNIGHT.



AFFECTED LOCATIONS INCLUDE SOUTHWESTERN ATOKA RESERVOIR...MCGEE CREEK

LAKE...ATOKA...LANE...STRINGTOWN AND TUSHKA



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.

AS LITTLE AS 6 INCHES OF WATER MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR

VEHICLE. TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES

INCLUDING SUVS AND PICKUP TRUCKS. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER

SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3425 9637 3429 9576 3451 9571 3443 9630



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