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WGUS74 KTSA 192203

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

502 PM CDT SUN AUG 19 2007



OKC091-101-200100-

MUSKOGEE OK-MCINTOSH OK-

502 PM CDT SUN AUG 19 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR

MCINTOSH AND MUSKOGEE COUNTIES...



AT 459 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES

SOUTHWEST OF TAFT TO 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF STIDHAM...MOVING EAST AT 20

MPH. RADAR INDICATES THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN. 

ANOTHER 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 800 PM CDT.



SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN

INCLUDE COUNCIL HILL...VIVIAN...TAFT...STIDHAM...EUFAULA...

CHECOTAH...OKTAHA...RENTIESVILLE...MUSKOGEE...KEEFETON...FORT

GIBSON...WARNER...BRAGGS...PUMPKIN CENTER AND WEBBERS FALLS.



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.



LAT...LON 3585 9575 3558 9573 3546 9585 3540 9588

      3535 9597 3511 9600 3547 9512 3582 9513

      3579 9559



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