FLASH FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 909 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST THURSDAY...
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.
* UNTIL 6 AM CST THURSDAY
* RAINFALL TOTALS SO FAR THIS EVENING BEEN LESS THAN ONE INCH
ACROSS THE WATCH AREA. HOWEVER...WIDESPREAD 1 TO 2 INCH RAINFALL
AMOUNTS...WITH ISOLATED AREAS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES...ARE STILL
POSSIBLE ACROSS FAR EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST AND WEST
CENTRAL ARKANSAS THROUGH TONIGHT AS A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM
AFFECTS THE REGION. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE
ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT OVERNIGHT AND THESE STORMS WILL BE
EFFICIENT RAIN PRODUCERS. INTENSE RAINFALL RATES...WHICH CAN
LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING...WILL BE POSSIBLE.
* 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. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT
WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS. IF
FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS TO RISE. MOTORISTS SHOULD
NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. TAKE A DIFFERENT ROUTE
TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION OR WAIT UNTIL THE WATER RECEDES.
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WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 355 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY...
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
* IN OKLAHOMA...CHEROKEE...ADAIR...WAGONER...ROGERS...MAYES...
DELAWARE...OTTAWA...PUSHMATAHA...CHOCTAW...CRAIG...NOWATA...
PITTSBURG...SEQUOYAH...MCINTOSH...MUSKOGEE...LE FLORE...LATIMER
AND HASKELL.
* IN ARKANSAS...WASHINGTON...MADISON...CRAWFORD...BENTON...
SEBASTIAN...CARROLL AND FRANKLIN.
* THIS REPLACES THE WINTER STORM WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT
HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
* RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO SLEET AND THEN SNOW ACROSS
THE WARNED AREA THIS AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED
TO OCCUR LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE SNOW WILL END
ACROSS THE AREA LATE TONIGHT. WIND WILL ALSO BE A MAJOR CONCERN
WITH NORTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH
POSSIBLE DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM. THIS WILL CAUSE NEAR
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS.
* AROUND 4 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNED
AREA. THERE WILL BE AN AREA OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ACROSS PORTIONS
OF EXTREME NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
IMPACTS...
* TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. POWER OUTAGES
ARE LIKELY IN SOME AREAS
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
* DELAY TRAVEL AND STAY HOME IF POSSIBLE UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE.
* 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.
DEFINITION...
* A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS
EXPECTED OR IS OCCURRING. GUSTY WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.
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