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WGUS74 KTSA 311141

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

640 AM CDT TUE JUL 31 2007



OKC023-311330-

CHOCTAW OK-

640 AM CDT TUE JUL 31 2007



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

WESTERN CHOCTAW COUNTY...



AT 640 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES

NORTHEAST OF MESSER TO 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GOODLAND...MOVING EAST AT

10 MPH. WHILE RADAR INDICATES THAT 4 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY 

FALLEN OVER NORTHWEST CHOCTAW COUNTY...THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL RATES 

HAVE MOVED EAST OF A KENT TO SOPER LINE. ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL 

BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 830 AM CDT.

 

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN 

INCLUDE HUGO AND GRANT.



HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS RAPIDLY...SO DO NOT DRIVE

YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER OF AN UNKNOWN DEPTH COVERS THE

ROAD. 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.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT AT NIGHT TO TELL HOW

MUCH WATER IS ON THE ROADS. IT ONLY TAKES TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER

TO CARRY AWAY MOST SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUPS. MOTORISTS

SHOULD NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. TAKE A DIFFERENT

ROUTE TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION OR WAIT UNTIL THE WATER RECEDES.



LAT...LON 3416 9594 3395 9594 3391 9580 3388 9546

      3388 9546 3416 9546



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