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WGUS74 KTSA 292126

FFSTSA



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

426 PM CDT FRI JUN 29 2007



OKC113-117-300045-

OSAGE OK-PAWNEE OK-

426 PM CDT FRI JUN 29 2007



...LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODING EXPECTED IN PARTS OF OSAGE AND 

PAWNEE COUNTIES...



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR

PAWNEE AND OSAGE COUNTIES...



AT 425 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES HAS FALLEN THIS AFTERNOON IN WESTERN

OSAGE AND WESTERN PAWNEE COUNTIES.  AREAS ALONG CHARLEY CREEK...

BIG DRUM CREEK...DOGA AND SIMPKINS CREEKS WEST AND NORTHWEST

OF FAIRFAX HAVE RECEIVED HEAVY RUNOFF AND ARE VERY LIKEY OUT

OF THEIR BANKS.  IN ADDITION...DRAINAGE DITCHES AND LOW AREAS IN

OSAGE AND PAWNEE COUNTIES ARE FLOODED.



SALT CREEK IS APPARENTLY RISING AGAIN AND HIGHWAY 18 JUST NORTH

OF FAIRFAX WAS DOWN TO ONE LANE OPEN.  THE CONSTRUCTION AREA OF

HIGHWAY 60 WEST BARTLESVILLE WAS REPORTED TO HAVE SOME WATER

COVERING THE ROAD.



A VERY DANGEROUS FLASH FLOOD SITUATION IS DEVELOPING IN OSAGE

AND PAWNEE COUNTIES AS THE CURRENT ROUND OF HEAVY RAIN WILL

BE REPEATED THIS EVENING BY A SECOND LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS.

NEW RAIN TOTALS THIS EVENING COULD BE IN THE 2 TO 4 INCH RANGE.

THIS WOULD BE ON TOP OF THE 6 TO 8 INCHES THAT HAS FALLEN IN

PARTS OF THE WARNING AREA IN THE LAST 24 HOURS.



WHEN WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY REMEMBER...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN. 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 3679 9600 3616 9678 3634 9703 3650 9704

      3659 9689 3659 9704 3668 9709 3680 9676

      3698 9676 3702 9602



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