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WGUS74 KTSA 080706

FFSTSA



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

206 AM CDT SAT SEP 8 2007



OKC143-145-080845-

WAGONER OK-TULSA OK-

206 AM CDT SAT SEP 8 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 AM CDT FOR TULSA

AND WAGONER COUNTIES...



AT 200 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE 

WARNED AREA. THE HEAVIEST ACTIVITY WAS OCCURRING FROM JENKS TO 

OWASSO AND ACROSS THE CITY OF TULSA WHERE 2 INCH PER HOUR RAINFALL 

RATES WERE OCCURRING. THREE TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAVE OCCURRED 

ACROSS PORTIONS OF TULSA COUNTY SINCE MIDNIGHT WITH ANOTHER 2 TO 3 

INCHES LIKELY ACROSS TULSA AND WAGONER COUNTIES BY 3 AM. 



3 INCHES OF RAIN WERE MEASURED AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 

OFFICE IN TULSA BETWEEN 1230 AM AND 2 AM. RAINFALL RATES SUCH AS 

THESE WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN URBAN AREAS AND LOW 

LYING AREAS.



SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN 

INCLUDE COLLINSVILLE...SPERRY...OWASSO...BROKEN ARROW...SAND SPRINGS 

AND TULSA.



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. 

WHEN WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY REMEMBER...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3587 9602 3588 9574 3584 9526 3596 9529

      3603 9522 3608 9521 3608 9557 3616 9562

      3617 9577 3617 9582 3643 9582 3643 9601

      3617 9601 3616 9627 3609 9628 3609 9602



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