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WGUS74 KTSA 192326

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

625 PM CDT SUN AUG 19 2007



OKC091-101-200100-

MUSKOGEE OK-MCINTOSH OK-

625 PM CDT SUN AUG 19 2007



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

MCINTOSH AND MUSKOGEE COUNTIES...



AT 620 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN CENTERED ABOUT 5 MILES EAST OF COUNCIL 

HILL...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. RADAR INDICATES THAT 3 TO 6 INCHES OF 

RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE 

THROUGH 800 PM CDT ALONG THE MCINTOSH AND MUSKOGEE COUNTY LINES. 



SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN 

THROUGH 8 PM INCLUDE COUNCIL...OKTAHA...RENTIESVILLE AND KEEFETON. 



THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS OCCURRED OVER NORTHWEST MCINTOSH COUNTY AROUND 

HITCHITA...WHERE 3 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN FELL SINCE 3 PM. THE RAIN HAS 

MOVED OUT OF THAT AREA...AND ANY FLOODING SHOULD BEGIN TO RECEDE. 



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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