

000 

WGUS74 KTSA 160759

FFSTSA



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

258 AM CDT MON JUN 16 2008



OKC037-105-113-131-143-147-161100-

/O.CON.KTSA.FF.W.0097.000000T0000Z-080616T1100Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

ROGERS OK-NOWATA OK-WASHINGTON OK-OSAGE OK-CREEK OK-TULSA OK-

258 AM CDT MON JUN 16 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CDT FOR

TULSA...NORTHERN CREEK...SOUTHEASTERN OSAGE...WASHINGTON...

SOUTHWESTERN NOWATA AND WESTERN ROGERS COUNTIES...



AT 255 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHERN CREEK

COUNTY AND MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN TULSA COUNTY...MOVING 

SOUTHEAST AT 39 MPH. RADAR INDICATES THAT UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

ALREADY FALLEN. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 600 

AM CDT.



SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN

INCLUDE BIXBY AND BROKEN ARROW.



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 3675 9572 3591 9577 3588 9663 3617 9663

      3618 9603 3675 9602

TIME...MOT...LOC 0758Z 299DEG 34KT 3596 9596



$$

