...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH 7 AM SUNDAY MORNING... The Flash Flood Watch continues for * Portions of Arkansas and Oklahoma...including the following counties...in Arkansas...Benton...Carroll...Crawford... Franklin...Madison...Sebastian and Washington AR. in Oklahoma...Adair...Cherokee...Choctaw...Creek...Delaware... Haskell...Latimer...Le Flore...Mayes...McIntosh...Muskogee... Okfuskee...Okmulgee...Pittsburg...Pushmataha...Rogers... Sequoyah...Tulsa and Wagoner. * From Friday afternoon through Sunday morning * Rainfall amounts of 2 to 5 inches are possible over much of eastern Oklahoma and western Arkansas through Saturday night, with locally higher amounts. Showers and thunderstorms will increase Friday across eastern Oklahoma and western Arkansas and affect portions of the area through Sunday. Tropical moisture is being drawn into the system from the south. The rich moisture will interact with a surface cold front which will stall over eastern Oklahoma Friday night. * These rainfall amounts could lead to flash flooding, especially near low-lying areas and smaller creeks and streams. Minor to moderate river flooding is also possible over those basins which receive the highest amounts.
