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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

1042 AM CDT MON JUL 2 2007



OKC077-127-021645-

PUSHMATAHA OK-LATIMER OK-

1042 AM CDT MON JUL 2 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 AM CDT FOR

LATIMER AND PUSHMATAHA COUNTIES...



AT 1042 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH RAIN ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES 

SOUTHWEST OF BENGAL TO 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF DUNBAR...MOVING 

NORTHWEST AT AT 15 MPH. 6 TO 8 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE 

LAST THREE TO FOUR HOURS. HOWEVER...HOURLY RAINFALL RATES HAVE 

DECREASED...AS WELL AS AREAL COVERAGE AND INTENSITY OF RAINFALL OVER 

THE WARNED AREA. LIGHT RAIN AND CONTINUED RUNOFF FROM THE EARLIER 

RAINFALL  WILL MAINTAIN THE FLOODING THREAT...THEREFORE THE WARNING 

REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 AM CDT.



SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN

INCLUDE TUSKAHOMA...DUNBAR...KIAMICHI...ALBION...KOSOMA...MOYERS...

SNOW...NASHOBA...KELLOND...ANTLERS AND CLOUDY.



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.



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS

FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES TWO FEET OF

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN TULSA.



LAT...LON 3418 9578 3427 9505 3503 9508 3506 9534

      3505 9533 3502 9539 3505 9548 3491 9551

      3459 9551 3459 9567 3452 9567 3451 9578



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