Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Tulsa, OK

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WGUS74 KTSA 191901
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ARC033-047-131-OKC023-077-079-121-127-192200-

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

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR FRANKLIN...CRAWFORD...   
SEBASTIAN...LE FLORE...PITTSBURG...LATIMER...PUSHMATAHA AND CHOCTAW 
COUNTIES UNTIL 400 PM CST...

AT 1258 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW AN AREA OF HEAVY 
RAIN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS. FLOODING HAS BEEN 
REPORTED ON MANY COUNTY ROADS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 

DOPPLER RADAR WAS ALSO INDICATING VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH A FEW 
THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING AND INTENSIFYING ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL 
TEXAS. ALL OF THIS HEAVY RAINFALL WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA 
OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. THIS HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE EXISTING 
FLOODING TO WORSEN. TAKE PRECAUTIONS AND MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF 
YOU ARE IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA. THIS IS A DANGEROUS FLOOD SITUATION 
DEVELOPING 

IN ADDITION...FRANKLIN COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTS A SMALL 
MUDSLIDE HAS CLOSED A COUNTY ROAD NEAR OZARK. CAMPGROUNDS ALONG 
MULBERRY CREEK HAVE BEEN CLOSED. 

RADAR INDICATES THAT 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER 
THE WARNED AREA. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 400 
PM CST.

MOST OF SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS WILL BE 
AFFECTED BY THE HEAVY RAINFALL THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. 

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

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WGUS74 KTSA 192120
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ARC033-047-131-OKC023-077-079-121-127-192200-

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

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR FRANKLIN...CRAWFORD...   
SEBASTIAN...LE FLORE...PITTSBURG...LATIMER...PUSHMATAHA AND CHOCTAW 
COUNTIES UNTIL 400 PM CST...
...VERY DANGEROUS FLASH FLOODING OCCURRING...

AT 319 PM CST...RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW AN AREA OF HEAVY RAIN OVER 
SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 
20 MPH. ADDITIONAL VERY TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WAS MOVING NORTHEAST 
TOWARD THE AREA FROM SOUTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA AND NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS. 

RADAR AND SURFACE REPORTS INDICATE THAT WIDESPREAD AMOUNTS RAINFALL 
AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE WARNED 
AREA. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING 
ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM MCALESTER TO HUNTSVILLE. 2 TO 3 
INCHES OF RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 
CLAYTON TO FORT SMITH THROUGH THIS EVENING.

AT 300 PM CST...CHOCTAW COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTS 
WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT FLOODING OF COUNTY ROADS ACROSS THE COUNTY. 
BRIDGE DAMAGE HAS ALSO BEEN REPORTED. MANY COUNTY ROADS HAVE 5 TO 6 
FEET OF WATER SUBMERGING THEM. 

AT 250 PM CST...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS IN LE FLORE COUNTY REPORT 
THAT OLD HIGHWAY 112 HAS BEEN CLOSED NEAR POTEAU. IN ADDITION SOME 
STREETS IN POTEAU ARE FLOODED. 

AT 310 PM CST...CRAWFORD COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED A FEW 
COUNTY ROADS CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER IN THE AREA. 

AT 305 PM CST...SEBASTIAN COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTS THAT 
SEVERAL ROADS IN SEBASTIAN COUNTY HAVE BEEN BARRICADED DUE TO HIGH 
WATER AND FLOODING CONDITIONS.

AT 210 PM CST...THE OKLAHOMA HIGHWAY PATROL REPORTED THAT HIGHWAY 31 
WAS CLOSED 3 MILES WEST OF MCALESTER...AND HIGHWAY 63 4 MILES WEST 
OF HAILEYVILLE...BOTH IN PITTSBURG COUNTY...WERE CLOSED DUE TO HIGH 
WATER.

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 

ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN THAT WILL OCCUR OVER THE AREA WILL ONLY CAUSE 
ONGOING FLOODING TO WORSEN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RESIDENTS IN 
SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS ARE URGED TO VERY 
CAREFULLY MONITOR THIS DANGEROUS FLASH FLOOD 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