FLASH FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 804 PM CST TUE DEC 22 2009
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR 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.
* FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING
* WIDESPREAD 1 TO 2 INCH RAINFALL AMOUNTS...WITH ISOLATED AREAS OF
3 TO 5 INCHES...WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS FAR EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND
NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND
INTO THURSDAY MORNING AS A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AFFECTS
THE REGION. AN ABNORMALLY MOIST ATMOSPHERE FOR THE END OF
DECEMBER WILL BE IN PLACE AS A COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE AREA.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE
FRONT WILL BE EFFICIENT RAIN PRODUCERS AND INTENSE RAINFALL
RATES...WHICH CAN LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING...WILL BE POSSIBLE.
* THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL IS LIKELY TO OCCUR DURING THE NIGHT. IT
IS VERY DIFFICULT AT NIGHT TO TELL HOW MUCH WATER IS ON THE
ROADS. IT ONLY TAKES TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER TO CARRY AWAY
MOST SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUPS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS RAPIDLY RISING WATER OR FLOODING IS
POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA. IF YOU ARE IN THE WATCH
AREA...KEEP INFORMED...AND BE READY FOR QUICK ACTION IF FLASH
FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A WARNING IS ISSUED.
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