...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... The National Weather Service in Tulsa has expanded the * Flash Flood Watch to include portions of northwest Arkansas and Oklahoma...including the following counties...in northwest Arkansas...Benton...Carroll...Madison and Washington AR. in Oklahoma...Adair...Cherokee...Delaware...Haskell...McIntosh... Muskogee...Pittsburg and Sequoyah. * From 7 AM CDT this morning through Tuesday evening * Thunderstorms with heavy rainfall will develop into parts of east central Oklahoma and northwest Arkansas mainly this afternoon and evening. A secondary line of strong storms are expected Tuesday morning and into the afternoon. Rainfall amounts of 2 to 3 inches are likely, with locally higher amounts possible. * The ground remains saturated from Saturday`s storms. The additional rainfall amounts will likely lead to flash flooding, especially near low-lying areas and smaller creeks and streams. In addition, a few main stem rivers could also rise above flood depending on the areas that receive the heaviest rainfall.
