Flash Flood Warning 40, NWS Tulsa, OK

Issued

Dec 16, 2001, 1:21 AM CST (07:21 UTC)

Expired

Dec 16, 2001, 5:00 AM CST

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Tulsa, OK

Area

Whole counties

County Pushmataha County, OK

000 
WGUS54 KTSA 160722
FFWTUL
OKC127-161100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
121 AM CST SUN DEC 16 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR
  PUSHMATAHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 500 AM CST

* AT 121 AM CST...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN 
  ACROSS MUCH OF PUSHMATAHA COUNTY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

  RADAR INDICATES THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN      
  OVER THE WARNED AREA. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE       
  THROUGH 500 AM CST...AS HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO      
  PUSHMATAHA COUNTY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY THE HEAVY RAIN
  INCLUDE ANTLERS...CLAYTON...RATTAN...CLOUDY...MOYERS...KOSOMA...
  SNOW...NASHOBA...STANLEY...TUSKAHOMA...KIAMICHI...ALBION...OLETA...
  KELLOND AND DUNBAR.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT
QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY
IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER MAY BE TOO DEEP TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY.
VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO
HIGHER GROUND.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. IT IS
IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR
CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS SHOULD AVOID
CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS.

$$

MANNING

LAT...LON 3420 9582 3416 9518 3468 9495 3467 9549
          3449 9574

000 
WGUS74 KTSA 160858
FFSTUL
OKC127-161100-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
256 AM CST SUN DEC 16 2001

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR PUSHMATAHA COUNTY UNTIL 500 
AM CST...

AT 256 AM CST...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW THUNDERSTORMS WITH 
VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER MUCH OF PUSHMATAHA COUNTY MOVING SLOWLY 
NORTHEAST. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL OVER SOUTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA WAS 
MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AND WILL PRODUCE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL ON 
ALREADY SATURATED SOIL.

RADAR INDICATES THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER 
THE WARNED AREA. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 500 
AM CST.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN 
INCLUDE ANTLERS...CLAYTON...CLOUDY...MOYERS...FINLEY...KOSOMA...SNOW 
...NASHOBA...STANLEY...TUSKAHOMA...KIAMICHI...ALBION...DARWIN... 
KELLOND...EUBANKS...DUNBAR AND SARDIS.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT
QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY
IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. IT IS
IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR
CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS SHOULD AVOID
CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS.

$$

MANNING

Flash Flood Warnings in Oklahoma, 2001Every flash flood warning in 2001

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