Effective: 8:41 PM on 08/22/2017
Expires: 2:45 AM on 08/23/2017
Alert:
The National Weather Service in Tulsa has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Northeastern Pushmataha County in southeastern Oklahoma...
Latimer County in southeastern Oklahoma...
Southeastern Pittsburg County in southeastern Oklahoma...
* Until 245 AM CDT Wednesday
* At 840 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Two to three inches of rain
have fallen. Flash flooding is expected to begin shortly.
* Some locations that may experience flooding include...
Mcalester... Wilburton...
Hartshorne... Krebs...
Red Oak... Alderson...
Albion... Damon...
Higgins... Bengal...
Tuskahoma... Yanush...
Kiamichi... Blanco...
Haileyville... Sardis...
Gowen... Panola...
Dow... Bache...
Additional rainfall amounts of one to two inches are possible in the
warned area.
Instructions: Turn around, don`t drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
A Flash Flood Warning means that flooding is imminent or occurring.
If you are in the warned area move to higher ground immediately.
Residents living along streams and creeks should take immediate
precautions to protect life and property.
Target Area: Latimer; Pittsburg; Pushmataha
Forecast Office: NWS Tulsa (Eastern Oklahoma)