FLASH FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 1143 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES 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.
$$
WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 1041 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009
WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING
THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT...
A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT...
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
* IN OKLAHOMA...CHEROKEE...ADAIR...CREEK...WAGONER...TULSA...
ROGERS...MAYES...DELAWARE...WASHINGTON...OSAGE...CRAIG...
NOWATA...PAWNEE AND OTTAWA.
* IN ARKANSAS...WASHINGTON...MADISON...BENTON AND CARROLL.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
* RAIN WILL QUICKLY CHANGE TO SNOW THURSDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS
EASTERN OKLAHOMA AS MUCH COLDER AIR IS USHERED IN BEHIND A
STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS LIKELY TO
OCCUR DURING THE MID AFTERNOON TO EARLY EVENING HOURS. STRONG
AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL ALSO DEVELOP THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
* 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED FROM THURSDAY
MORNING THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST
NEAR 35 MPH...POTENTIALLY CAUSING NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS.
IMPACTS...
* ROADS...BRIDGES...AND OVERPASSES MAY BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS
IN THE WATCH AREA...MAKING TRAVEL TREACHEROUS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
* CONSIDER CHANGING TRAVEL PLANS. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE AN ADEQUATE
SUPPLY OF FOOD...WATER AND THE NECESSARY MEDICATION TO LAST
THROUGH THE DURATION OF THE WINTER STORM.
* STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST
INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS WEATHER EVENT. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION
CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT: WEATHER.GOV/TULSA.
$$
FLASH FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 1143 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES 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.
$$
WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 1041 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009
WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING
THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT...
A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT...
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
* IN OKLAHOMA...CHEROKEE...ADAIR...CREEK...WAGONER...TULSA...
ROGERS...MAYES...DELAWARE...WASHINGTON...OSAGE...CRAIG...
NOWATA...PAWNEE AND OTTAWA.
* IN ARKANSAS...WASHINGTON...MADISON...BENTON AND CARROLL.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
* RAIN WILL QUICKLY CHANGE TO SNOW THURSDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS
EASTERN OKLAHOMA AS MUCH COLDER AIR IS USHERED IN BEHIND A
STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS LIKELY TO
OCCUR DURING THE MID AFTERNOON TO EARLY EVENING HOURS. STRONG
AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL ALSO DEVELOP THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
* 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED FROM THURSDAY
MORNING THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST
NEAR 35 MPH...POTENTIALLY CAUSING NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS.
IMPACTS...
* ROADS...BRIDGES...AND OVERPASSES MAY BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS
IN THE WATCH AREA...MAKING TRAVEL TREACHEROUS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
* CONSIDER CHANGING TRAVEL PLANS. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE AN ADEQUATE
SUPPLY OF FOOD...WATER AND THE NECESSARY MEDICATION TO LAST
THROUGH THE DURATION OF THE WINTER STORM.
* STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST
INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS WEATHER EVENT. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION
CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT: WEATHER.GOV/TULSA.
$$
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