293 
FPUS74 KTSA 101354
NOWTSA

SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
754 AM CST FRI JAN 10 2014

ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-101500-
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-
754 AM CST FRI JAN 10 2014

.NOW...

AT 7:54 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS CONTINUED TO
DETECT RAIN SHOWERS WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS SPREADING
NORTHWARD FROM NORTHEAST TEXAS INTO EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN
ARKANSAS. THE PRECIPITATION HAD INCREASED IN COVERAGE AND
INTENSITY OVER THE PAST HOUR OVER SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...WHILE
PATCHY DRIZZLE AND WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS PERSISTED OVER
NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. ALL THIS ACTIVITY WAS
MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST...AROUND 35 MILES PER HOUR.

THROUGH 9:00 AM...RAIN SHOWERS WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL
CONTINUE TO SPREAD NORTHEAST ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. THE
INTENSITY AND COVERAGE OF THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO
INCREASE OVER TIME...EVENTUALLY AFFECTING ALL OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA
AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. RAINFALL RATES ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY
40 WILL REMAIN AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS PER
HOUR...HOWEVER ANY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE A BRIEF
HEAVY SHOWER...UP TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH. NORTH OF HIGHWAY
40...RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE LESS...WITH AROUND A FEW HUNDREDTHS
OF AN INCH PER HOUR EXPECTED. AS THE STRONGER SHOWERS AND STORMS
SHIFT NORTH...THESE AMOUNTS WILL INCREASE.

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