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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK

640 AM CDT TUE JUL 5 2005



OKC005-051315-

ATOKA OK-

640 AM CDT TUE JUL 5 2005



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

COUNTY...



AT 640 AM CDT...PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE 

THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OVER ATOKA COUNTY. THIS CONTINUED 

RAIN ACTIVITY MAY AGGRAVATING THE HIGH WATER PROBLEMS SEEN EARLIER 

THIS MORNING. MANY AREAS ACROSS ATOKA COUNTY HAVE RECEIVED 2 TO 4 

INCHES OF RAIN SINCE MIDNIGHT.



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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