Isaac information regarding Eastern Oklahoma, Thursday into Friday, from the National Weather Service, Tulsa Forecast Office

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
THU AUG 30 2012

BENTON-CARROLL-WASHINGTON AR-MADISON-CRAWFORD-FRANKLIN-SEBASTIAN-
PUSHMATAHA-CHOCTAW-OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-OTTAWA-PAWNEE-
TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES-DELAWARE-CREEK-OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE-WAGONER-
CHEROKEE-ADAIR-MUSKOGEE-MCINTOSH-SEQUOYAH-PITTSBURG-HASKELL-
LATIMER-LE FLORE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…ROGERS…BENTONVILLE…BERRYVILLE…
EUREKA SPRINGS…FAYETTEVILLE…SPRINGDALE…HUNTSVILLE…
VAN BUREN…OZARK…CHARLESTON…FORT SMITH…ANTLERS…CLAYTON…
HUGO…PAWHUSKA…BARTLESVILLE…NOWATA…VINITA…MIAMI…
PAWNEE…TULSA…CLAREMORE…PRYOR…JAY…BRISTOW…OKEMAH…
OKMULGEE…WAGONER…TAHLEQUAH…STILWELL…MUSKOGEE…EUFAULA…
SALLISAW…MCALESTER…STIGLER…WILBURTON…POTEAU
 THU AUG 30 2012

…ISAAC TO IMPACT EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS TONIGHT
INTO FRIDAY…

TROPICAL STORM ISAAC CURRENTLY CENTERED OVER SOUTHERN LOUISIANA WILL
TRACK TO THE NORTHWEST TODAY AND IS FORECAST TO BE CENTERED OVER
SOUTHWESTERN ARKANSAS BY LATE TONIGHT. ISAAC WILL THEN MOVE NORTH ACROSS
WESTERN ARKANSAS AND INTO SOUTHWEST MISSOURI BY FRIDAY NIGHT. SHOWERS
WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BEGIN MOVING INTO SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THIS AFTERNOON. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE
STRONGER SHOWERS AND STORMS. THE HEAVIEST RAIN IS EXPECTED TO BE
ACROSS NORTHWEST ARKANSAS WHERE 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE.
THIS MAY CAUSE SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS. LESSER AMOUNTS
OF RAIN ARE EXPECTED ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WILL END FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHWEST ON SATURDAY AS THE REMNANTS OF ISAAC
PULL OFF TO THE NORTHEAST.

IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY RAINFALL…STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE
WITH ISAAC. WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT AND INTO
FRIDAY ACROSS MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.

THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY WITH RESPECT TO THE POTENTIAL PATH
OF ISAAC. ANY SHIFT IN THE EXPECTED TRACK COULD BRING MORE OR
LESS RAINFALL TO THE AREA.

MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS…STATEMENTS AND OUTLOOKS FROM THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FOR UPDATED INFORMATION.

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