Flash Flood Warning 11, NWS Tulsa, OK

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WGUS74 KTSA 192356
FFSTUL
ARC033-047-131-OKC023-077-079-121-127-200400-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
555 PM CST TUE MAR 19 2002

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR FRANKLIN...CRAWFORD...   
SEBASTIAN...LE FLORE...PITTSBURG...LATIMER...PUSHMATAHA AND CHOCTAW 
COUNTIES UNTIL 1000 PM CST...
...VERY DANGEROUS FLASH FLOODING OCCURRING...

AT 555 PM CST...RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW AN AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WITH 
EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WEST CENTRAL 
ARKANSAS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WITH 
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WERE MOVING NORTHEAST TOWARD THE AREA FROM NORTH 
CENTRAL TEXAS. 

RADAR AND SURFACE REPORTS INDICATE THAT WIDESPREAD AMOUNTS RAINFALL 
AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE WARNED 
AREA. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING ALONG AND 
SOUTH OF A LINE FROM MCALESTER OKLAHOMA TO HUNTSVILLE. 2 TO 3 INCHES 
OF RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM CLAYTON 
OKLAHOMA TO FORT SMITH ARKANSAS THIS EVENING.

AT 545 PM CST...CHOCTAW COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTS 
WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT FLOODING OF COUNTY ROADS ACROSS THE 
COUNTY...WITH MANY ROADS WASHED OUT. BRIDGE DAMAGE HAS ALSO BEEN 
REPORTED. MANY COUNTY ROADS HAVE 5 TO 6 FEET OF WATER SUBMERGING 
THEM. 

AT 537 PM CST...THE PITTSBURG COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTS THAT 
HIGHWAY 31 3 MILES WEST OF MCALESTER...AND HIGHWAY 63 4 MILES WEST 
OF HAILEYVILLE...WERE BOTH CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER. IN 
ADDITION...COUNTY ROADS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS WERE FLOODED.

AT 533 PM CST...THE PUSHMATAHA COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED 
COUNTY ROADS FLOODED NEAR ANTLERS. 

AT 528 PM CST...THE SEBASTIAN COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED THAT 
SEVERAL COUNTY ROADS WERE CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING...MAINLY IN THE 
SOUTHERN HALF OF THE COUNTY.

AT 525 PM CST...CRAWFORD COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED 
SOME COUNTY ROADS FLOODED ACROSS THE COUNTY. 

AT 516 PM CST...FRANKLIN COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED THAT 
HIGHWAY 23 BY TURNERS BEND WAS BEING CLOSED...AND A FEW OTHER COUNTY 
ROADS WERE BEING CLOSED...INCLUDING ONE BY A SMALL MUDSLIDE NEAR THE 
OZARK LOCK AND DAM. 

AT 500 PM CST...LE FLORE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED CREEKS 
AND STREAMS RUNNING OUT OF THEIR BANKS. IN ADDITION...A WATER RESCUE 
WAS BEING PERFORMED ON THE KIAMICHI RIVER EAST OF BIG CEDAR. MINOR 
FLOODING HAS ALSO BEEN REPORTED IN HEAVENER AND POTEAU. 

THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS FLOOD EVENT. WHEN WATER RISES MOVE TO 
HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY 
LIFE THREATENING SITUATION 

ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL ONLY CAUSE ONGOING FLOODING TO WORSEN. 
TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTIONS TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM THE DANGERS OF 
RISING WATER. RESIDENTS ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WEST CENTRAL 
ARKANSAS SHOULD CAREFULLY MONITOR WEATHER AND FLOODING CONDITIONS    
TONIGHT. SIGNIFICANT FLOODING HAS ALREADY OCCURRED IN PARTS OF THE 
WARNED AREA...WITH ADDITIONAL TORRENTIAL RAINFALL EXPECTED OVER THE 
NEXT FEW HOURS AGAIN...THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING...DANGEROUS 
SITUATION 

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.

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MANNING

000 
WGUS74 KTSA 200244
FFSTUL
ARC033-047-131-OKC023-077-079-121-127-200400-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
845 PM CST TUE MAR 19 2002

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR FRANKLIN...CRAWFORD...   
SEBASTIAN...LE FLORE...PITTSBURG...LATIMER...PUSHMATAHA AND CHOCTAW 
COUNTIES UNTIL 1000 PM CST...
...VERY DANGEROUS FLASH FLOODING OCCURRING...

AT 845 PM CST...RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW AN AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WITH 
EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WEST CENTRAL 
ARKANSAS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WITH 
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AND NORTHEAST TOWARD THE 
WARNED AREA FROM NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND SOUTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA.

RADAR AND SURFACE REPORTS INDICATE THAT WIDESPREAD AMOUNTS RAINFALL 
AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE WARNED 
AREA. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING ALONG AND 
SOUTH OF A LINE FROM MCALESTER OKLAHOMA TO HUNTSVILLE. 2 TO 3 INCHES 
OF RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM CLAYTON 
OKLAHOMA TO FORT SMITH ARKANSAS THIS EVENING.

AT 824 PM CST...CHOCTAW COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTS 
WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT FLOODING OF COUNTY ROADS ACROSS THE 
COUNTY...WITH MANY ROADS AND SOME BRIDGES WASHED OUT. HIGHWAY 70  IS 
SUBMERGED WEST OF SOPER...AND NEAR BOSWELL. HIGHWAY 109 IS 
UNDERWATER IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS BETWEEN ORD AND FROGVILLE. MANY 
COUNTY ROADS HAVE 5 TO 6 FEET OF WATER SUBMERGING THEM. 

AT 832 PM CST...THE PITTSBURG COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTS THAT 
HIGHWAY 31 3 MILES WEST OF MCALESTER...AND HIGHWAY 63 4 MILES WEST 
OF HAILEYVILLE...BOTH REMAINED CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER. IN 
ADDITION...COUNTY ROADS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS WERE FLOODED.

AT 830 PM CST...THE SEBASTIAN COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED THAT 
SEVERAL COUNTY ROADS REMAINED CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING...MAINLY IN THE 
SOUTHERN HALF OF THE COUNTY.

AT 830 PM CST...CRAWFORD COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED 
SOME COUNTY ROADS REMAIN FLOODED ACROSS THE COUNTY. 

AT 830 PM CST...FRANKLIN COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED THAT 
HIGHWAY 23 BY TURNERS BEND WAS CLOSED...AND A FEW OTHER COUNTY ROADS 
WERE BEING CLOSED...INCLUDING ONE BY A SMALL MUDSLIDE NEAR THE OZARK 
LOCK AND DAM. IN ADDITION...MULBERRY CREEK WAS OUT OF ITS BANKS OVER 
BRIDGES.

AT 745 PM CST...THE PUSHMATAHA COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED 
COUNTY ROADS FLOODED IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY.

AT 715 PM CST...LE FLORE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED CREEKS 
AND STREAMS RUNNING OUT OF THEIR BANKS. FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED 
IN PANAMA...POTEAU...HODGENS AND HEAVENER. OLD HIGHWAY 112 WAS 
CLOSED NEAR POTEAU.

ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL ONLY CAUSE ONGOING FLOODING TO WORSEN. 
TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTIONS TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM THE DANGERS OF 
RISING WATER. RESIDENTS ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WEST CENTRAL 
ARKANSAS SHOULD CAREFULLY MONITOR WEATHER AND FLOODING CONDITIONS    
TONIGHT. SIGNIFICANT FLOODING HAS ALREADY OCCURRED IN PARTS OF THE 
WARNED AREA...WITH ADDITIONAL TORRENTIAL RAINFALL EXPECTED OVER THE 
NEXT FEW HOURS AGAIN...THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING...DANGEROUS 
SITUATION 

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