Flash Flood Warning 33, NWS Tulsa, OK

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WGUS74 KTSA 031055
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ARC033-047-131-143-OKC001-021-061-079-101-111-135-145-031245-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
555 AM CDT SAT JUL 3 2004

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR WASHINGTON...FRANKLIN...
   CRAWFORD...SEBASTIAN...CHEROKEE...ADAIR...WAGONER...MUSKOGEE...
   OKMULGEE...SEQUOYAH...HASKELL AND LE FLORE COUNTIES UNTIL 745 AM
   CDT...

AT 6 AM CDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY
RAIN ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 29 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BALD HILL TO
14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BIG CEDAR...MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH.

ADDITIONAL LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WAS ALSO CONTINUING ACROSS MUCH OF 
WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS...WITH A TREND TOWARD LIGHTER RAINFALL AMOUNTS 
EXPECTED WITHIN THE NEXT TWO HOURS.

LOCATIONS NORTH OF THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO 
RECEIVE ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS...HOWEVER FLOODING MAY STILL CONTINUE 
DUE TO THE HIGH RAINFALL AMOUNTS THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING 
WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT.

RADAR INDICATES THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES WITH ISOLATED 4 INCH AMOUNTS OF 
RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES 
WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 745 AM CDT ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE LINE OF 
THUNDERSTORMS.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND
STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND
FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING
AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.

LAT...LON 3454 9470 3492 9497 3507 9525 3551 9534
          3578 9613 3614 9411 3545 9380

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ARC033-047-131-143-OKC001-021-061-079-101-111-135-145-031700-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
745 AM CDT SAT JUL 3 2004

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE FOR THE         
   FOLLOWING COUNTIES: WASHINGTON...FRANKLIN...CRAWFORD...           
   SEBASTIAN...CHEROKEE...ADAIR...WAGONER...MUSKOGEE...
   OKMULGEE...SEQUOYAH...HASKELL AND LE FLORE...

AT 745 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY 
HEAVY RAIN HAD SHIFTED SOUTH OF LE FLORE COUNTY AND THE REMAINDER OF 
THE WARNING AREA.  RADAR AND RAIN GAUGE MEASUREMENTS INDICATE THAT 4 
TO 8 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS FALLEN ACROSS PORTIONS OF EASTERN 
OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS OVER THE PAST 24 HOURS.  

ALTHOUGH THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ENDED...NUMEROUS SECONDARY ROADS 
ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS WILL LIKELY REMAIN 
FLOODED. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE EXTREME CAUTION IF TRAVELING IN 
THESE AREAS TODAY.  

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD TO 
UNKNOWN DEPTHS. IT ONLY TAKES TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER TO CARRY AWAY
MOST SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUPS. TAKE A DIFFERENT ROUTE TO 
REACH YOUR DESTINATION OR WAIT UNTIL THE WATER RECEDES. 
REMEMBER...MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.

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