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WGUS74 KTSA 282039

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

337 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 2008



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SEBASTIAN AR-FRANKLIN AR-MCINTOSH OK-HASKELL OK-LE FLORE OK-

PITTSBURG OK-LATIMER OK-

337 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR

LATIMER...NORTHEASTERN PITTSBURG...NORTHERN LE FLORE...HASKELL...

CENTRAL MCINTOSH...SOUTHERN FRANKLIN AND SEBASTIAN COUNTIES...



AT 337 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES

EAST OF BRANCH TO BURNVILLE TO WISTER TO 4 MILES WEST OF WILBURTON...

MOVING EAST AT 14 MPH. RADAR INDICATES THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN 

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

645 PM CDT.



SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN

INCLUDE WISTER...OZARK...FORT CHAFFEE...MIDLAND...WIEDERKEHR 

VILLAGE...ALTUS...DAMON...DENNING...WASHBURN...HUNTINGTON...HOWE... 

HARTFORD...MANSFIELD...BENGAL...SOUTHERN FORT SMITH AND HEAVENER.



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 3539 9379 3531 9381 3531 9391 3522 9392

      3523 9402 3514 9403 3514 9413 3508 9422

      3496 9423 3490 9445 3474 9558 3539 9568

      3527 9525 3532 9467 3528 9466 3532 9462

      3531 9451 3535 9422 3555 9370 3538 9369

TIME...MOT...LOC 2037Z 273DEG 12KT 3533 9386 3518 9416

          3496 9476 3491 9539



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