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WGUS74 KTSA 081156

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

655 AM CDT TUE APR 8 2008



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WAGONER OK-CREEK OK-TULSA OK-

655 AM CDT TUE APR 8 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 AM CDT FOR

TULSA...NORTHERN CREEK AND WAGONER COUNTIES...



AT 654 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ACROSS PARTS OF THE WARNED 

AREA...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THE HEAVIER STORMS WERE PRODUCING 

RAINFALL RATES OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH PER HOUR. RADAR INDICATES 

THAT 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN AND ANOTHER 1 TO 2 

INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 1015 AM CDT.



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.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND

STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND

FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING

AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



LAT...LON 3607 9555 3608 9526 3607 9526 3599 9526

      3598 9528 3586 9527 3587 9593 3585 9661

      3616 9659 3617 9588

TIME...MOT...LOC 1155Z 272DEG 34KT 3596 9529



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