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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK

1218 PM CDT MON JUN 18 2007



OKC125-133-181800-

POTTAWATOMIE OK-SEMINOLE OK-

1218 PM CDT MON JUN 18 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CDT FOR

SEMINOLE AND POTTAWATOMIE COUNTIES...



AT 1218 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WERE CONTINUING TO DIMINISH OVER THE 

AREA...HOWEVER MANY REPORTS OF FLOODING HAVE BEEN RECEIVED...

INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING. A CHANCE OF RAIN CONTINUES THROUGH MID 

AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...CONDITIONS ARE GRADUALLY BECOMING LESS 

FAVORABLE. 



AT 1130 AM...COUNT ROAD EAST WEST 129...ONE HALF MILE EAST OF 

HIGHWAY 59 WAS CLOSED 5 MILE WEST OF BOWLEGS. A BRIDGE WAS WASHED 

OUT ON HIGHWAY 9A ON THE NORTH SIDE OF KONAWA. TWO HOUSES WERE 

EVACUATED IN MAUD. SEVERAL COUNTY ROADS WERE UNDER WATER IN MAUD. 



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 SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUP TRUCKS. MOVE TO HIGHER 

GROUND.



KEEP CHILDREN FROM PLAYING NEAR RUSHING FLOOD WATERS. THE BANKS OF

STREAMS AND FLOODWAYS ARE SLIPPERY AND RAIN SOFTENED GROUND MAY GIVE

WAY EASILY. DO NOT LET YOUR CHILD BE A VICTIM OF DANGEROUS FLOOD

WATERS



LAT...LON 3527 9689 3494 9690 3493 9650 3512 9648

      3541 9644



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JAMES

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