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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK

1250 AM CDT TUE AUG 19 2008



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COTTON OK-WICHITA TX-

1250 AM CDT TUE AUG 19 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT FOR

EASTERN WICHITA AND SOUTHERN COTTON COUNTIES...



AT 1245 AM CDT...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED SUBSTANTIAL FLOODING IN 

AND AROUND BURKBURNETT. PORTIONS OF INTERSTATE 44 ARE CLOSED...AS 

WELL AS A PORTION OF STATE HIGHWAY 240.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.

AS LITTLE AS 6 INCHES OF WATER MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR

VEHICLE. TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES

INCLUDING SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUP TRUCKS. MOVE TO HIGHER

GROUND.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARM LANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER

LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE TO

HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.



LAT...LON 3417 9853 3419 9839 3408 9841 3406 9843

      3405 9842 3396 9843 3395 9865



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