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WGUS74 KTSA 101330

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

826 AM CDT TUE JUL 10 2007



OKC023-127-101645-

CHOCTAW OK-PUSHMATAHA OK-

826 AM CDT TUE JUL 10 2007



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

PUSHMATAHA AND CHOCTAW COUNTIES...



AT 825 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING ACROSS MUCH OF PUSHMATAHA 

AND CHOCTAW COUNTIES.  THE SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WAS 

MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH. RADAR INDICATES THAT 2 TO 5 INCHES OF 

RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN...WITH ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE 

THROUGH 1145 AM CDT.  SOUTHERN PUSHMATAHA AND NORTHEASTERN CHOCTAW 

COUNTIES ARE THE MOST LIKELY AREAS TO HAVE EXPERIENCED FLASH 

FLOODING.



SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN

INCLUDE DUNBAR...ALBION...KIAMICHI...TUSKAHOMA...STANLEY...NASHOBA...

SNOW...KOSOMA AND CLAYTON.



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 3469 9550 3461 9552 3450 9579 3416 9579

      3415 9595 3392 9593 3391 9517 3467 9497



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