Headline:
Flash Flood Warning issued November 3 at 10:34PM CST until November 4 at 2:00AM CST by NWS Tulsa OK
Event:
Flash Flood Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
November 3, 2024 - 8:34pm
Expires:
November 4, 2024 - 12:00am
Description:
FFWTSA
The National Weather Service in Tulsa has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Haskell County in southeastern Oklahoma...
Latimer County in southeastern Oklahoma...
Central Le Flore County in southeastern Oklahoma...
Northeastern Pittsburg County in southeastern Oklahoma...
* Until 200 AM CST.
* At 1034 PM CST, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Estimates between 1 and 3
inches of rain have fallen in the past 3 hours. Additional
rainfall amounts of 0.5 to 1.5 inches and locally higher are
possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected
to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban
areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as
other poor drainage and low-lying areas.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Poteau...
Wilburton... Stigler...
Pocola... Heavener...
Spiro... Panama...
Wister... Quinton...
Howe... Bonanza...
Keota... Red Oak...
Mccurtain... Bokoshe...
Fanshawe... Whitefield...
Cameron... Kinta...
Instruction:
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.
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.
Area Description:
Haskell, OK; Latimer, OK; Le Flore, OK; Pittsburg, OK
Forcast Office:
NWS Tulsa OK