Flash Flood Statement
Issued by NWS Tulsa, OK

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1141 AM CDT TUE MAY 21 2013

OKC077-079-121-127-211800-
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LE FLORE OK-PITTSBURG OK-PUSHMATAHA OK-LATIMER OK-
1141 AM CDT TUE MAY 21 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LATIMER...NORTHERN
PUSHMATAHA...SOUTHERN PITTSBURG AND LE FLORE COUNTIES UNTIL 100 PM
CDT...

AT 1138 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. 3 TO 4
INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY OCCURRED WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES
THROUGH 100 PM.  ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO
THIS AREA THIS AFTERNOON...WHICH WOULD FURTHER AGGRAVATE THE
ONGOING FLOODING.

RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
CLAYTON...POTEAU...WILBURTON...ALBION...ASHLAND...BENGAL...BIG
CEDAR...BLANCO...CLAYTON LAKE STATE PARK...DAMON...DUNBAR...
FANSHAWE...HARTSHORNE...HEAVENER...HEAVENER RUNESTONE STATE PARK...
HIGGINS...HOWE...KIAMICHI...KIOWA...KOSOMA...LAKE WISTER STATE
PARK...MOYERS...MUSE...NASHOBA...OCTAVIA...RED OAK...SAVANNA...
SNOW...STANLEY AND TALIHINA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

LOW WATER CROSSINGS IN HILLY TERRAIN ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS IN
HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND
ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER
TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.

&&

LAT...LON 3428 9578 3450 9579 3451 9568 3459 9568
      3459 9588 3468 9589 3468 9609 3479 9610
      3509 9444 3450 9447 3450 9504

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