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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

740 PM CDT TUE APR 24 2007



OKC023-250245-

CHOCTAW OK-

740 PM CDT TUE APR 24 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM CDT FOR

CHOCTAW COUNTY...



AT 735 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 

BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN EXTENDING FROM HUGO SOUTHWEST 

TO NEAR SHERMAN TEXAS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 35 

MPH. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL OCCUR ACROSS MUCH OF CHOCTAW COUNTY 

AS THESE STORMS MOVE REPEATEDLY ACROSS THE SAME AREAS. 



TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY 

AND ANOTHER ONE TO TWO INCHES IS LIKELY THROUGH 945 PM THIS EVENING. 

THIS ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL LIKELY RESULT IN FLOODING... 

ESPECIALLY LOW LYING AREAS.



SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN

INCLUDE KENT...MESSER...SOPER...BOSWELL...FORT TOWSON...SAWYER AND

HUGO.



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

UNKNOWN DEPTHS. IT ONLY TAKES TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER TO CARRY AWAY

MOST SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUPS. TAKE A DIFFERENT ROUTE TO

REACH YOUR DESTINATION OR WAIT UNTIL THE WATER RECEDES. REMEMBER...

MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.



LAT...LON 3395 9594 3390 9580 3394 9557 3388 9536

      3396 9516 3414 9516 3417 9595



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