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FLOOD WATCH Warning Issue Date: 333 AM CDT THU SEP 09 2010
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT TODAY...
THE 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...
CHEROKEE...CHOCTAW...CRAIG...CREEK...DELAWARE...HASKELL...
LATIMER...LE FLORE...MAYES...MCINTOSH...MUSKOGEE...NOWATA...
OKFUSKEE...OKMULGEE...OSAGE...OTTAWA...PAWNEE...PITTSBURG...
PUSHMATAHA...ROGERS...SEQUOYAH...TULSA...WAGONER AND
WASHINGTON.
* UNTIL NOON CDT TODAY
* A LARGE AREA OF 3 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN BETWEEN
THE HIGHWAY 412 AND INTERSTATE 40 CORRIDORS IN EASTERN
OKLAHOMA...AND HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH INTO NORTHWEST
ARKANSAS TODAY. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE
ACROSS PORTIONS OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
THROUGH THIS MORNING.
* THE COMBINATION OF HIGH RAINFALL AMOUNTS...ALONG WITH SPORADIC
PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF 3 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.
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