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Location: Fort Smith, AR
Elevation: 152ft
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River Flood Warning
Issued: 7:54 AM May. 1, 2025 – National Weather Service
...FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING TO JUST AFTER
MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...

* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Poteau River near Panama.

* WHEN...From this evening to just after midnight tonight.

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

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 2:30 AM CDT Thursday the stage was 26.0 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 29.0
feet this evening, then fall below flood stage tonight.
- Flood stage is 29.0 feet.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

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Flood Warning
Issued: 3:21 AM May. 1, 2025 – National Weather Service
...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 AM CDT THURSDAY...

* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues.

* WHERE...Portions of east central, northeast, and southeast
Oklahoma, including the following counties, in east central
Oklahoma, Cherokee, Muskogee and Sequoyah. In northeast Oklahoma,
Mayes and Wagoner. In southeast Oklahoma, Haskell, Latimer, Le
Flore, McIntosh and Pittsburg.

* WHEN...Until 1030 AM CDT Thursday.

* IMPACTS...Flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying
and flood-prone locations is imminent or occurring.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 1020 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated the heavy rains have
ended across the warned area. However, flooding is ongoing or
expected to begin shortly in the warned area. Between 1.5 and
3 inches of rain have fallen over the past 24 hours.
- Flooding impacts will continue, but no additional rainfall is
expected.
- Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Muskogee...                        Mcalester...
Sallisaw...                        Wilburton...
Eufaula...                         Stigler...
Fort Gibson...                     Checotah...
Hartshorne...                      Krebs...
Warner...                          Vian...
Quinton...                         Gore...
Kiowa...                           Porum...
Savanna...                         Okay...
Webbers Falls...                   Hulbert...
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

Please report observed flooding to local emergency services or law
enforcement and request they pass this information to the National
Weather Service when you can do so safely.

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