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Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Flood Watch Issued South and East of TulsaFLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK ...HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL OVER SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...NORTHWEST
AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY... THE HEAVIER RAINFALL MAY RESULT IN CREEKS AND STREAMS
TO RISE AND POTENTIALLY FLOOD. * 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...CHOCTAW...HASKELL...LATIMER...LE FLORE...MCINTOSH...MUSKOGEE...PITTSBURG...PUSHMATAHA
AND SEQUOYAH.  * FROM MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
* A STRONG UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM
CURRENTLY OVER FAR SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SLOWLY EAST ACROSS TEXAS THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
AS THIS OCCURS...MOISTURE AND LIFT FROM THIS SYSTEM WILL INCREASE AND LEAD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF WIDESPREAD RAINFALL BEGINNING TONIGHT ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. THROUGH WEDNESDAY... RAINFALL
AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WILL BE
POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WATCH AREA...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED
HIGHER AMOUNTS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WEST
CENTRAL ARKANSAS.
A
FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS.
Monday, January 16, 2012
Very High Fire Danger MondayVERY HIGH FIRE DANGER TODAY ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER ALERT WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CST FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...  IN ARKANSAS... BENTON...CARROLL...WASHINGTON...MADISON...CRAWFORD...FRANKLIN AND SEBASTIAN. IN OKLAHOMA... PUSHMATAHA...CHOCTAW...OSAGE...WASHINGTON...NOWATA...CRAIG... OTTAWA...PAWNEE...TULSA...ROGERS...MAYES...DELAWARE...CREEK...OKFUSKEE... OKMULGEE...WAGONER...CHEROKEE...ADAIR...MUSKOGEE...MCINTOSH...SEQUOYAH... PITTSBURG...HASKELL...LATIMER AND LE FLORE. SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST TO NEAR 40 MILES AN HOUR AT TIMES TODAY. DESPITE HIGHER HUMDIITIES TODAY THAN
SUNDAY...TEMPERATURES WARMING INTO THE UPPER 60S TO MID 70S THIS AFTERNOON WILL COMBINE WITH THE STRONG WINDS TO
RESULT IN THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID FIRE SPREAD. A FIRE WEATHER ALERT IS ISSUED WHEN DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED BUT ARE BELOW RED FLAG CRITERIA. A FIRE WEATHER ALERT MAY ALSO BE ISSUED TO RELAY STATE
OR COUNTY FIRE INFORMATION...SUCH AS BURNING BANS.
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