Spiro, OK Severe Weather Alertstar_ratehome

...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT TO EARLY
FRIDAY AFTERNOON...

* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Poteau River near Panama.

* WHEN...From late Wednesday night to early Friday afternoon.

* IMPACTS...At 31.0 feet, minor agricultural flooding occurs.
Williams Road east of Panama is flooded.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 8:30 PM CDT Tuesday the stage was 19.1 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage
early Thursday morning to a crest of 31.7 feet Thursday
evening. It will then fall below flood stage Friday morning.
- Flood stage is 29.0 feet.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

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...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