HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS OVERNIGHT INTO THURSDAY...
.THE REMNANTS OF HERMINE WILL MOVE ACROSS OKLAHOMA OVERNIGHT... AND INTO SOUTHEAST KANSAS BY LATE THURSDAY MORNING.
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...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS EXPANDED THE
* FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE PORTIONS OF ARKANSAS AND OKLAHOMA... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN ARKANSAS...BENTON... CARROLL...CRAWFORD...FRANKLIN...MADISON...SEBASTIAN AND WASHINGTON. IN OKLAHOMA...ADAIR...CHOCTAW...HASKELL... LATIMER...LE FLORE...PUSHMATAHA AND SEQUOYAH.
* THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING
* TWO TO FIVE INCHES OF RAINFALL WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS APPROACHING TEN INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE THURSDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED NORTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM MCALESTER...TO MUSKOGEE...TO JAY.
* THE COMBINATION OF HIGH RAINFALL AMOUNTS...ALONG WITH SPORADIC PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES AN HOUR...WILL CAUSE POOR DRAINAGE AND URBAN AREAS TO FLOOD. THE TOTAL RAINFALL MAY ALSO BE ENOUGH TO CAUSE CREEKS AND RIVERS TO OVERFLOW.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS.
IF YOU LIVE ALONG A FLOOD PRONE AREA...MONITOR LOCAL CONDITIONS AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION.
AT 9:44 PM...DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING TO LIFT NORTHEAST THROUGH EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. THE HEAVIER RAINS EXTENDED ACROSS TULSA...CREEK...OKFUSKEE...OKMULGEE AND PITTSBURG COUNTIES. ELSEWHERE...LIGHT TO OCCASIONAL MODERATE SHOWERS WERE OCCURRING.
THROUGH 10:45 PM...OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE AREA...WITH MODERATE TO OCCASIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL EXPECTED FOR MAYES...ROGERS...TULSA...WAGONER... CREEK...OKMULGEE...MCINTOSH...MUSKOGEE AND PITTSBURG COUNTIES WHERE RAINFALL RATES OF OVER 1 INCH PER HOUR AREA POSSIBLE. THESE ARE ALSO THE AREAS WHERE THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL BE THE HIGHEST. GUSTY WINDS UP TO 35 MILES PER HOUR WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE OVER THESE AREAS. FOR THE REST OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS LIGHT TO OCCASIONAL MODERATE SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE WITH AVERAGE RATES OF ONE TENTH TO ONE QUARTER INCH COMMON.
A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA UNTIL 1 AM. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.
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