URGENT – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
340 PM CDT SAT APR 23 2011
…EXCESSIVE RAINFALL EXPECTED OVER NEXT FEW DAYS…
.SEVERAL BOUTS OF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION.
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BENTON-CARROLL-WASHINGTON AR-MADISON-CRAWFORD-FRANKLIN-SEBASTIAN-
WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-OTTAWA-TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES-DELAWARE-
WAGONER-CHEROKEE-ADAIR-MUSKOGEE-SEQUOYAH-HASKELL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…ROGERS…BENTONVILLE…BERRYVILLE…
EUREKA SPRINGS…FAYETTEVILLE…SPRINGDALE…HUNTSVILLE…
VAN BUREN…OZARK…CHARLESTON…FORT SMITH…BARTLESVILLE…
NOWATA…VINITA…MIAMI…TULSA…CLAREMORE…PRYOR…JAY…
WAGONER…TAHLEQUAH…STILWELL…MUSKOGEE…SALLISAW…STIGLER
340 PM CDT SAT APR 23 2011
…FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING…
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…CHEROKEE…CRAIG…
DELAWARE…HASKELL…MAYES…MUSKOGEE…NOWATA…OTTAWA…
ROGERS…SEQUOYAH…TULSA…WAGONER AND WASHINGTON.
* THROUGH MONDAY EVENING
* A SERIES OF UPPER DISTURBANCES… IN CONJUNCTION WITH A
STATIONARY FRONT POSITIONED ACROSS THE AREA WILL BRING SEVERAL
ROUNDS OF HEAVY RAINFALL TO THE AREA OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
RAINFALL TOTALS WILL INCREASE QUICKLY IN AREAS WITH SLOW MOVING
STORMS OR TRAINING OF CELLS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS RAPIDLY RISING WATER OR FLOODING IS
POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA.
REMEMBER…MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES AND
FLOODING IS THE LEADING CAUSE OF WEATHER RELATED DEATHS.