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River Flood Warning
Issued: 7:02 AM Apr. 30, 2025 – National Weather Service
...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT TO FRIDAY
MORNING...

* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Poteau River near Panama.

* WHEN...From late Thursday night to Friday morning.

* IMPACTS...At 29.0 feet, minor agricultural flooding occurs.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 1:30 AM CDT Wednesday the stage was 18.1 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 29.0
feet early Friday morning, which is right at flood stage. It
will then drop below flood stage by daybreak Friday.
- Flood stage is 29.0 feet.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

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Special Weather Statement
Issued: 7:02 AM Apr. 30, 2025 – National Weather Service
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN CRAWFORD...
NORTHWESTERN SEBASTIAN...SOUTHEASTERN SEQUOYAH AND NORTHEASTERN LE
FLORE COUNTIES THROUGH 245 AM CDT...

At 201 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated strong thunderstorms along a
line extending from 2 miles northeast of Roland to 2 miles northwest
of Pocola to 6 miles south of Bokoshe. Movement was east at 30 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down small tree limbs and blow
around unsecured objects.

Locations in or near the path include...
Shibley...                        Kibler...
Central City...                   Cameron...
Pocola...                         Spiro...
Cowlington...                     Rye Hill...
Moffett...                        Shady Point...
Panama...                         Fort Smith...
Excelsior...                      Fort Smith Regional Airport...
Van Buren...                      Muldrow...
Gans...                           Lavaca...
Scullyville...                    Greenwood...

This includes the following highways,
Interstate 40 in Arkansas between mile markers 0 and 2, and between
mile markers 4 and 8.
Interstate 40 in Oklahoma between mile markers 314 and 328.
Interstate 540 between mile markers 1 and 14.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

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MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN;
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

Flood Watch
Issued: 7:49 PM Apr. 29, 2025 – National Weather Service
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...

* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be
possible.

* WHERE...Portions of Arkansas, including the following counties,
Benton, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Sebastian and
Washington AR and Oklahoma, including the following counties,
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 OK.

* WHEN...Through Thursday morning.

* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers,
creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- Multiple rounds of showers and storms are expected through
Thursday morning. Widespread 2 to 5 inch rains are forecast,
with locally heavier totals up to 7 inches.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

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