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WGUS84 KSHV 282329
FLSSHV
FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
623 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 2008
OKC089-290230-
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623 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED AN
* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
MCCURTAIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
* UNTIL 930 PM CDT
* AT 623 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUING TO MOVE
SLOWLY SOUTHEAST ACROSS CENTRAL MCCURTAIN COUNTY. SINCE
4 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED WIDESPREAD INCH AND A HALF TO
ISOLATED THREE INCH AMOUNTS HAS FALLEN ACROSS NORTHERN MCCURTAIN
COUNTY...INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF PICKENS AND BATTIEST. THIS
BAND OF HEAVY RAIN WILL SLOWLY SPREAD SOUTHEAST AND AFFECT THE
CITIES OF VALLIANT...BROKEN BOW...AND IDABEL...AS WELL AS THE
SMALLER COMMUNITIES OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MCCURTAIN COUNTY
THROUGH 8 PM.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO ISOLATED AMOUNTS NEARING THREE
INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. SHOULD THIS HEAVY RAIN
PERSIST ACROSS THE COUNTY THIS EVENING...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE
NEEDED FOR MCCURTAIN COUNTY.
MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS ON
SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND PONDING OF WATER ON COUNTRY ROADS AND
FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS
FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.
LAT...LON 3447 9446 3363 9449 3374 9479 3375 9477
3375 9483 3382 9494 3383 9494 3387 9497
3387 9502 3392 9507 3391 9508 3395 9516
3424 9514 3426 9513 3426 9505 3446 9505
TIME...MOT...LOC 2323Z 180DEG 0KT 3412 9500
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