Flash Flood Warning for Choctaw, OK; Pushmataha, OK

Official alert brief

FFWTSA The National Weather Service in Tulsa has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Choctaw County in southeastern Oklahoma... Southwestern Pushmataha County in southeastern Oklahoma... * Until 930 PM CDT. * At 536 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain which will pass across the warned area over the next 1 to 2 hours. The expected rainfall rate is 1 to 3 inches in 2 hours. Flash flooding is expected to begin shortly. HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms. SOURCE...Radar. IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor drainage and low-lying areas. * Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... Hugo... Antlers... Boswell... Fort Towson... Sawyer... Rattan... Soper... Messer... Kent... Goodland... Hugo Lake State Park... Kellond... Oleta... Raymond Gary State Park... Grant... Speer... Dela... Apple... Fallon... Gay...

Instructions

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. In hilly terrain there are hundreds of low water crossings which are potentially dangerous in heavy rain. Do not attempt to cross flooded roads. Find an alternate route.