Flood Warning issued April 5 at 3:43PM CDT until April 6 at 3:45PM CDT by NWS Tulsa OK

* WHAT…Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected.

* WHERE…Portions of Arkansas, including the following counties,
Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Sebastian and Washington AR and
Oklahoma, including the following counties, Adair, Cherokee,
Haskell, Latimer, Le Flore, Pushmataha and Sequoyah.

* WHEN…Until 345 PM CDT Sunday.

* IMPACTS…Flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying
and flood-prone locations is imminent or occurring. Streams
continue to rise due to excess runoff from earlier rainfall.
Expect many areas of slow moving or standing water.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS…
– At 337 PM CDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges
indicated heavy rain due to thunderstorms over the past 72
hours. Flooding is ongoing in the warned area. Widespread
rainfall totals between 3 and 6 inches occurred, with a
narrow swath from east-central Oklahoma just west of Fort
Smith up to near Fayetteville picking up between 6 and 9
inches. Runoff from this heavy rainfall has caused drainage
ditches to fill, with standing water over roads. Also, creeks
and streams are overflowing their banks and flooding roads.
– Additional light rainfall up to 0.25 inches is possible in
the warned area as an upper disturbance moves over the region
tonight into Sunday morning.
– Some locations that will experience flooding include…
Fort Smith… Fayetteville…
Springdale… Van Buren…
Tahlequah… Sallisaw…
Poteau… Stilwell…
Ozark… Wilburton…
Stigler… Charleston…
Antlers… Huntsville…
Cedarville… Clayton…
Mountainburg… Natural Dam…
Greenwood… Farmington…
– http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood