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WGUS74 KTSA 170211

FFSTSA



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

808 PM CST SAT FEB 16 2008



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LE FLORE OK-LATIMER OK-

808 PM CST SAT FEB 16 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CST FOR

EASTERN LATIMER AND LE FLORE COUNTIES...



AT 803 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING ACROSS LATIMER 

AND LE FLORE COUNTIES.  MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.  

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

ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL LIKELY LESS THAN ONE INCH THROUGH 1100 PM 

CST.



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.



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.



LAT...LON 3469 9493 3469 9527 3505 9509 3507 9492

      3521 9486 3521 9481 3533 9478 3531 9466

      3528 9467 3531 9462 3529 9450 3451 9478

      3452 9493

TIME...MOT...LOC 0208Z 212DEG 36KT 3535 9456 3496 9449



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