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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

716 AM CDT MON AUG 11 2008



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MCINTOSH OK-PITTSBURG OK-

716 AM CDT MON AUG 11 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 AM CDT FOR

NORTHERN PITTSBURG AND SOUTHWESTERN MCINTOSH COUNTIES...



AT 713 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN 

AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN...WITH EMBEDDED 

THUNDERSTORMS...ACROSS THE ENTIRE WARNING AREA. THIS ACTIVITY WAS 

MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. RADAR INDICATES THAT UP TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN 

HAS ALREADY FALLEN SINCE MIDNIGHT. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE 

POSSIBLE THROUGH 830 AM CDT.



SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN

INCLUDE VIVIAN...CROWDER AND CANADIAN.



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR IS

OCCURRING. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS...CREEKS AND DRAINAGE

DITCHES SHOULD BE READY TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION IF FLOODING IS

OBSERVED. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER BY FOOT OR BY

AUTO...YOU MAY BE SWEPT AWAY BY THE STRONG CURRENT. 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.



LAT...LON 3530 9598 3530 9568 3512 9556 3498 9580

      3515 9598



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