Flash Flood Warning 15, NWS Tulsa, OK

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA, OK
739 AM CDT SUN AUG 20 1989

    ...FLOODING POTENTIAL FOR PARTS OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA REMAINS
                       HIGH TODAY...

SOME AREAS OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA RECEIVED OVER 4 INCHES OF RAIN OVER/
NIGHT...WITH THE TULSA METRO AREA LEADING THE WAY WITH OVER 5 INCHES
... 5.25 INCHES IN SIX HOURS. HEAVY RAINFALL IN EASTERN OSAGE...
NORTHERN WASHINGTON...AND NORTHERN NOWATA COUNTIES PRODUCED FLASH
FLOODING THERE SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT.

THE GROUND OVER MOST OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA IS TOTALLY SATURATED
...AND ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL RUN OFF QUICKLY. WITH THIS IN
MIND...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON FOR
ALL OF NORTH-CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA. THE WATCH AREA IS NORTH
OF A LINE FROM ALVA TO HENRYETTA TO SALLISAW.

A LARGE THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX IN SOUTHERN KANSAS IS MOVING EAST-SOUTH/
EAST AND COULD MOVE INTO NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA LATER THIS MORNING. IF THIS
OCCURS...ADDITIONAL FLOODING IS LIKELY ESPECIALLY OVER PREVIOUSLY
RAIN-SOAKED AREAS. PERSONS LIVING ALONG CREEKS AND RIVERS...LOW-
LYING FIELDS AND PASTURE LANDS...AND NORMALLY FLOOD PRONE AREAS
SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF FLOODING LATER TODAY.

THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS FLOOD EVENT...AND NECESSARY PRE/
CAUTIONS SHOULD BE TAKEN NOW TO ENSURE THAT A SWIFT EVACUATION
TO HIGHER GROUND COULD BE DONE IN A SHORT TIME IF NECESSARY LATER
TODAY. FINALLY...REMEMBER THAT MOST FLASH-FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN
AUTOMOBILES. UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES...DO NOT DRIVE INTO ANY AREAS
WHERE FLOOD WATERS EXIT. ROADBEDS ARE EASILY WASHED AWAY IN
SITUATIONS LIKE THIS...AND THE DEPTH OF WATERS FLOWING OVER THE
ROADWAY CANNOT BE DETERMINED. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED IN YOUR
CAR IN RISING FLOOD WATERS...ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA, OK
746 AM CDT SUN AUG 20 1989

    ...FLOODING POTENTIAL FOR PARTS OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA REMAINS
                       HIGH TODAY...

SOME AREAS OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA RECEIVED OVER 4 INCHES OF RAIN OVER/
NIGHT...WITH THE TULSA METRO AREA LEADING THE WAY WITH OVER 5 INCHES
... 5.25 INCHES IN SIX HOURS. HEAVY RAINFALL IN EASTERN OSAGE...
NORTHERN WASHINGTON...AND NORTHERN NOWATA COUNTIES PRODUCED FLASH
FLOODING THERE SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT.

THE GROUND OVER MOST OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA IS TOTALLY SATURATED
...AND ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL RUN OFF QUICKLY. WITH THIS IN
MIND...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON FOR
ALL OF NORTH-CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA. THE WATCH AREA IS NORTH
OF A LINE FROM ALVA TO HENRYETTA TO SALLISAW.

A LARGE THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX IN SOUTHERN KANSAS IS MOVING EAST-SOUTH/
EAST AND COULD MOVE INTO NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA LATER THIS MORNING. IF THIS
OCCURS...ADDITIONAL FLOODING IS LIKELY ESPECIALLY OVER PREVIOUSLY
RAIN-SOAKED AREAS. PERSONS LIVING ALONG CREEKS AND RIVERS...LOW-
LYING FIELDS AND PASTURE LANDS...AND NORMALLY FLOOD PRONE AREAS
SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF FLOODING LATER TODAY.

THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS FLOOD EVENT...AND NECESSARY PRE/
CAUTIONS SHOULD BE TAKEN NOW TO ENSURE THAT A SWIFT EVACUATION
TO HIGHER GROUND COULD BE DONE IN A SHORT TIME IF NECESSARY LATER
TODAY. FINALLY...REMEMBER THAT MOST FLASH-FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN
AUTOMOBILES. UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES...DO NOT DRIVE INTO ANY AREAS
WHERE FLOOD WATERS EXIT. ROADBEDS ARE EASILY WASHED AWAY IN
SITUATIONS LIKE THIS...AND THE DEPTH OF WATERS FLOWING OVER THE
ROADWAY CANNOT BE DETERMINED. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED IN YOUR
CAR IN RISING FLOOD WATERS...ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA, OK
916 AM CDT SUN AUG 20 1989

      ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR TULSA COUNTY CANCELLED...

THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR TULSA COUNTY HAS BEEN
CANCELLED. ALL OF THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAS MOVED EAST OF THE
TULSA METRO AREA AS OF 9 15 AM WITH ONLY A FEW LIGHT PATCHES OF
RAIN REMAINING OVER THE CITY.

SOME STREAMS AND LOW-LYING AREAS MAY STILL BE EXPERIENCING STANDING
WATER...BUT MOST AREAS HAVE SEEN THE WATER RECEED. CAUTION SHOULD
STILL BE USED IN AREAS WHERE FLOOD WATERS HAVE NOT COMPLETELY
DRAINED.
OCCURS...ADDITIONAL FLOODING IS LIKELY ESPECIALLY OVER PREVIOUSLY
RAIN-SOAKED AREAS. PERSONS LIVING ALONG CREEKS AND RIVERS...LOW-
LYING FIELDS AND PASTURE LANDS...AND NORMALLY FLOOD PRONE AREAS
SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF FLOODING LATER TODAY.

THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS FLOOD EVENT...AND NECESSARY PRE/
CAUTIONS SHOULD BE TAKEN NOW TO ENSURE THAT A SWIFT EVACUATION
TO HIGHER GROUND COULD BE DONE IN A SHORT TIME IF NECESSARY LATER
TODAY. FINALLY...REMEMBER THAT MOST FLASH-FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN
AUTOMOBILES. UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES...DO NOT DRIVE INTO ANY AREAS
WHERE FLOOD WATERS EXIT. ROADBEDS ARE EASILY WASHED AWAY IN
SITUATIONS LIKE THIS...AND THE DEPTH OF WATERS FLOWING OVER THE
ROADWAY CANNOT BE DETERMINED. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED IN YOUR
CAR IN RISING FLOOD WATERS...ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY.