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WGUS74 KTSA 012240

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

539 PM CDT SUN JUL 1 2007



OKC021-145-020130-

WAGONER OK-CHEROKEE OK-

539 PM CDT SUN JUL 1 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR

WESTERN CHEROKEE AND NORTHEASTERN WAGONER COUNTIES...



AT 536 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES

SOUTHWEST OF PEGGS TO 15 MILES SOUTH OF HULBERT.  THE STORMS

PRODUCING THE HEAVY RAINFALL WERE NEARLY STATIONARY. RADAR INDICATES 

THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN. ANOTHER 2 INCHES WILL 

BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 830 PM CDT.



SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN

INCLUDE PEGGS AND HULBERT.



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. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO

STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS.

CAMPERS SHOULD AVOID CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING

THREATENING RAINS.



LAT...LON 3607 9530 3582 9527 3581 9514 3571 9513

      3575 9496 3592 9499 3617 9496 3617 9510

      3609 9511



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