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WGUS74 KTSA 040815

FFSTSA



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

313 AM CDT THU MAY 4 2006



OKC143-145-040930-

TULSA OK-WAGONER OK-

313 AM CDT THU MAY 4 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 AM CDT FOR 

WESTERN WAGONER AND EASTERN TULSA COUNTIES...



AT 310 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN OVER BROKEN ARROW AND THE EASTERN 

PORTIONS OF TULSA. THE STORMS PRODUCING THE HEAVY RAINFALL WERE 

MOVING SLOWLY EASTWARD. RADAR INDICATES THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN 

HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 

430 AM CDT AS STORMS DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHERN TULSA AND EASTERN 

CREEK COUNTIES MOVE INTO THE WARNED AREA. 



THERE HAVE BEEN UNCONFIRMED REPORTS OF WATER ENTERING HOMES NEAR 

41ST AND LYNN LANE. ADDITIONAL FLOODING...ESPECIALLY LOW LYING AREAS 

AND URBAN AREAS...IS LIKELY AS OTHER THUNDERSTORMS AFFECT THE WARNED 

AREA.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT AT NIGHT TO TELL HOW 

MUCH WATER IS ON THE ROADS. IT ONLY TAKES TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER 

TO CARRY AWAY MOST SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUPS. MOTORISTS 

SHOULD NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. TAKE A DIFFERENT 

ROUTE TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION OR WAIT UNTIL THE WATER RECEDES.



LAT...LON 3617 9585 3595 9586 3596 9552 3615 9560



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