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HYDROLOGIC OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
900 AM CDT FRI APR 29 2011

...POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINFALL SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY...

...MINOR TO MODERATE RIVER FLOODING LIKELY TO CONTINUE...

SYNOPSIS...

RIVER FLOODING WILL REMAIN A CONCERN HEADING INTO NEXT WEEK. THE 
BLACK RIVER IS CRESTING...WHILE THE LOWER WHITE RIVERS ARE EXPECTED 
TO CREST IN THE COMING DAYS...WITH THE UPPER OUACHITA RIVERS 
CONTINUING TO RISE BEFORE CRESTING SOMETIME NEXT WEEK.

MEANWHILE...A NEW STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS 
AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE NATURAL STATE FROM LATE SATURDAY INTO 
SUNDAY. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ONCE AGAIN BE A CONCERN LATER 
THIS WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK. THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS FORECAST 
TO STALL OUT JUST SOUTH OF ARKANSAS LATE IN THE WEEKEND. RAIN 
CHANCES WILL LINGER INTO EARLY TUESDAY AS A SERIES OF LOW PRESSURE 
SYSTEMS TRACK ALONG THE FRONT...BRINGING ADDITIONAL ROUNDS OF 
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE STATE. MOST LOCATIONS CAN EXPECT TO 
SEE BETWEEN TWO AND FOUR INCHES OF RAIN WITH LOCALLY UP TO FIVE 
INCHES IN THE SOUTHEAST HALF OF THE STATE. THE AXIS FOR HEAVIEST 
RAINFALL LOOKS TO BE IN A LINE FROM ARKADELPHIA TO LITTLE ROCK TO 
JONESBORO. 

WITH MUCH OF THE STATE ALREADY EXPERIENCING ONGOING FLOODING 
PROBLEMS...ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WOULD BE A MAJOR CONCERN. 
SOILS ARE ALREADY SATURATED...WHICH WOULD LEAD TO THE RAPID RUNOFF 
OF ANY HEAVY RAIN. FLOOD OR FLASH FLOOD WATCHES AND/OR WARNINGS MAY 
BE ISSUED AS APPROPRIATE.

REMEMBER...DRIVING INTO FLOODED AREAS CAN BE FATAL. 

FOR THE LATEST RIVER STAGE INFORMATION...FORECAST...AND WARNINGS 
PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT:

HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/LZK

RIVER STAGE AND FORECAST DATA CAN BE OBTAINED BY SELECTING THE 
RIVERS AND LAKES AHPS LINK UNDER THE CURRENT CONDITIONS SECTION.

QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS MAY BE DIRECTED TO...

TABITHA CLARKE 
SERVICE HYDROLOGIST
NWS LITTLE ROCK AR 
501-834-0308
TABITHA.CLARKE@NOAA.GOV

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