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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

842 AM CDT MON MAY 7 2007



OKC037-143-071515-

CREEK OK-TULSA OK-

842 AM CDT MON MAY 7 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 AM CDT FOR  

CREEK COUNTY...



AT 836 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF 

CREEK COUNTY. RADAR INDICATES THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY 

FALLEN ACROSS PORTIONS OF CREEK COUNTY WITH WIDESPREAD FLOODING 

BEING REPORTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE COUNTY THIS MORNING. UP TO ANOTHER 

HALF INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 1015 AM CDT. 



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR IS

OCCURRING. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS...CREEKS AND DRAINAGE

DITCHES SHOULD BE READY TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION IF FLOODING IS

OBSERVED. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER BY FOOT OR BY

AUTO...YOU MAY BE SWEPT AWAY BY THE STRONG CURRENT. 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.



LAT...LON 3567 9638 3566 9621 3587 9618 3588 9603

      3608 9602 3608 9629 3617 9630 3617 9662

      3567 9661



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