FLASH FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 356 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON
THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT 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 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE TONIGHT
* 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 TONIGHT 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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