Flash Flood Watch
Expires 8:00 PM EDT on May 21, 2013
Statement as of 5:09 am CDT on May 21, 2013
... Flash Flood Watch remains in effect through this evening...
The Flash Flood Watch continues for
* portions of Arkansas and Oklahoma... including the following
areas... in Arkansas... Benton... Carroll... Crawford... Franklin...
Madison... Sebastian and Washington. In Oklahoma... Adair...
Cherokee... Delaware... Haskell... Latimer... Le Flore... Mayes...
McIntosh... Muskogee... Okfuskee... Okmulgee... Ottawa...
Pittsburg... Sequoyah and Wagoner.
* Through this evening
* shower and thunderstorm activity will increase again today
as a slow moving cool front boundary interacts with a near
tropical airmass over eastern Oklahoma and northwest Arkansas.
Rainfall totals of 2 to 3 inches are possible southeast of
Interstate 44 today as thunderstorms move across the same
areas. Local amounts of 5 inches are possible... especially
across southeast Oklahoma and west central Arkansas where
prolonged storm chances will reside.
* The heavy rainfall may lead to localized flash flooding... and
will also cause rapid rises on creeks and small streams... and
could eventually lead to mainstem river flooding as well.
Precautionary/preparedness actions...
A Flash Flood Watch means rapidly rising water or flooding is
possible within the watch area.
If you are in the watch area... keep informed... and be ready for
quick action if flash flooding is observed or if a warning is
issued.
Local Storm Report
05/20/2013 0715 PM
2 miles S of Bentonville, Benton County.
Thunderstorm wind gust m61 mph, reported by AWOS.
Measured 61 mph gust at the Bentonville Municipal Airport
05/20/2013 0712 PM
Bentonville, Benton County.
Thunderstorm wind gust e65 mph, reported by law enforcement.
05/20/2013 0712 PM
Bentonville, Benton County.
Thunderstorm wind gust e65 mph, reported by law enforcement.
