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WGUS74 KTSA 100947

FFSTSA



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

446 AM CDT THU APR 10 2008



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HASKELL OK-LE FLORE OK-LATIMER OK-

446 AM CDT THU APR 10 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM CDT FOR

LATIMER...LE FLORE AND SOUTHEASTERN HASKELL COUNTIES...



AT 442 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN MOVING INTO THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF 

THE WARNED AREA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. RADAR INDICATES THAT 1 

TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL 

BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 700 AM CDT.



SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN

INCLUDE FANSHAWE...BIG CEDAR...MCCURTAIN...WISTER...KEOTA...

HEAVENER...HOWE...BOKOSHE...POTEAU...PANAMA...SPIRO...CAMERON AND

POCOLA.



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.



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS

FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES TWO FEET OF

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



LAT...LON 3451 9494 3469 9493 3469 9552 3504 9550

      3504 9535 3511 9532 3536 9477 3535 9469

      3528 9467 3533 9460 3529 9446 3451 9446

TIME...MOT...LOC 0946Z 241DEG 34KT 3497 9497



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