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WGUS74 KTSA 021224

FFSTSA



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

723 AM CDT MON JUL 2 2007



OKC077-121-127-021345-

PITTSBURG OK-PUSHMATAHA OK-LATIMER OK-

723 AM CDT MON JUL 2 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 AM CDT FOR

LATIMER...PUSHMATAHA AND PITTSBURG COUNTIES...



AT 720 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN 4 MILES SOUTH OF HARTSHORNE.  THE STORM

PRODUCING THE HEAVY RAINFALL WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. RADAR INDICATES 

THAT 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES 

WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 845 AM CDT.



SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN

INCLUDE CANADIAN...INDIANOLA...QUINTON...CROWDER...BLOCKER...KREBS...

ALDERSON...HARTSHORNE...SAVANNA...MCALESTER...RED OAK...DAMON...

BENGAL...HIGGINS AND WILBURTON.



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.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND

STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND

FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING

AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



LAT...LON 3419 9576 3427 9505 3503 9508 3506 9534

      3515 9535 3516 9546 3525 9554 3514 9595

      3461 9586 3459 9567 3452 9567 3451 9578



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