000 WGUS64 KLZK 020321 FFALZK FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 1021 PM CDT SUN MAY 1 2011 ...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL THROUGH MONDAY WILL LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT... WIDESPREAD FLASH FLOODING... ...CATASTROPHIC FLOODING IS POSSIBLE... ...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION... .A FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL REMAIN STALLED OUT ACROSS ARKANSAS THROUGH MONDAY. SEVERAL UPPER LEVEL SYSTEMS WILL MOVE ALONG AND INTERACT WITH THE FRONT...AND BRING PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL TO MOST OF THE STATE. WITH THE GROUND ALREADY SATURATED ACROSS THE AREA...ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ONLY INCREASE THE LIKELIHOOD OF FLASH FLOODING. AVAILABLE MOISTURE WILL BE SUBSTANTIAL...AND THIS WILL MAKE THUNDERSTORMS MORE EFFICIENT RAIN PRODUCERS. SEVERAL MORE INCHES OF RAIN ARE EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY FROM SOUTHWEST...ACROSS CENTRAL AND INTO NORTHEAST ARKANSAS...WITH HIGH WATER PROBLEMS LIKELY BECOMING MORE WIDESPREAD. ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>064-066- 067-021100- /O.CON.KLZK.FF.A.0004.000000T0000Z-110503T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ ARKANSAS-BAXTER-BOONE-CALHOUN-CLARK-CLEBURNE-CLEVELAND-CONWAY- DALLAS-FAULKNER-FULTON-GARLAND-GRANT-HOT SPRING-INDEPENDENCE- IZARD-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-LINCOLN-LOGAN-LONOKE-MARION- MONROE-MONTGOMERY-NEWTON-OUACHITA-PERRY-PIKE-POLK-POPE-PRAIRIE- PULASKI-SALINE-SCOTT-SEARCY-SHARP-STONE-VAN BUREN-WHITE-WOODRUFF- YELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALTHEIMER...AMITY...ARKADELPHIA... ASH FLAT...AUGUSTA...AVILLA...BATESVILLE...BAUXITE...BEARDEN... BEE BRANCH...BEEBE...BENTON...BISMARCK...BONNERDALE... BOONEVILLE...BRINKLEY...BRYANT...BULL SHOALS...CABOT... CALICO ROCK...CAMDEN...CAVE CITY...CENTER RIDGE...CHIDESTER... CLARENDON...CLARKSVILLE...CLINTON...CONWAY...COTTON PLANT... DANVILLE...DARDANELLE...DE VALLS BLUFF...DE WITT...DEER... DES ARC...DONALDSON...DRASCO...EL PASO...ENGLAND... FAIRFIELD BAY...FLIPPIN...FORDYCE...FOURCHE JUNCTION... GASSVILLE...GEORGETOWN...GILLETT...GLENWOOD...GOULD...GRADY... GRAVELLY...GREENBRIER...GREERS FERRY...GURDON...HAMPTON...HARDY... HARRISON...HASKELL...HAZEN...HEBER SPRINGS...HECTOR... HORSESHOE BEND...HOT SPRINGS...HOT SPRINGS VILLAGE...HOUSTON... HUMNOKE...HUMPHREY...JACKSONVILLE...JASPER...JESSIEVILLE... KINGSLAND...LEAD HILL...LEOLA...LESLIE...LITTLE ROCK...LONOKE... MALVERN...MAMMOTH SPRING...MARSHALL...MAUMELLE...MAYFLOWER... MCCRORY...MELBOURNE...MENA...MORRILTON...MOUNT IDA... MOUNT MAGAZINE...MOUNTAIN HOME...MOUNTAIN VIEW...MURFREESBORO... NEWPORT...NORFORK...NORMAN...NORTH LITTLE ROCK...OIL TROUGH... OKOLONA...OLA...OMAHA...OXFORD...OZONE...PARIS...PARON...PELSOR... PERRYVILLE...PINE BLUFF...PINE RIDGE...PLEASANT PLAINS...POYEN... PRATTSVILLE...REDFIELD...RISON...ROSE BUD...RUSSELLVILLE... SALEM...SEARCY...SHERIDAN...SHERWOOD...STAR CITY...STEPHENS... STUTTGART...SUMMIT...SWIFTON...THORNTON...TUCKERMAN...VILONIA... VIOLA...WALDRON...WESTERN GROVE...WICKES...WRIGHTSVILLE... Y CITY...YELLVILLE 1021 PM CDT SUN MAY 1 2011 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS...EASTERN ARKANSAS...NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS...SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS AND WESTERN ARKANSAS...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS...CONWAY...FAULKNER...GARLAND...GRANT...LONOKE... PERRY...POPE...PRAIRIE...PULASKI...SALINE...WHITE AND YELL. IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...JACKSON...MONROE AND WOODRUFF. IN NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS...BAXTER...BOONE...CLEBURNE...FULTON... INDEPENDENCE...IZARD...MARION...NEWTON...SEARCY...SHARP... STONE AND VAN BUREN. IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...ARKANSAS... CLEVELAND...JEFFERSON AND LINCOLN. IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS... CALHOUN...CLARK...DALLAS...HOT SPRING...OUACHITA AND PIKE. IN WESTERN ARKANSAS...JOHNSON...LOGAN...MONTGOMERY...POLK AND SCOTT. * THROUGH MONDAY EVENING * THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SERIOUS FLOOD ISSUES MAY DEVELOP...INCLUDING HIGH WATER RESCUES AND ROAD CLOSURES. * THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR AN ADDITIONAL TWO TO FIVE INCHES OF RAIN AND LOCALLY MORE THROUGH LATE MONDAY IN THE WATCH AREA. MUCH OF THE AREA HAS ALREADY RECEIVED HEAVY TO EXCESSIVE RAINFALL. THE GROUND HAS BECOME SATURATED AND CANNOT HOLD MUCH MORE WATER. THIS IS EXPECTED TO SEVERELY IMPACT MUCH OF ARKANSAS WITH POTENTIALLY CATASTROPHIC FLOODING POSSIBLE. NUMEROUS ROAD CLOSURES DUE TO WASHED OUT OR FLOODED ROADWAYS...EVACUATION OF HOMES AND BUSINESSES NEAR RISING FLOOD WATER...AND RECORD HIGH RIVER CRESTS ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. REMEMBER THAT HALF OF ALL FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. IF YOU ARE DRIVING AND ENCOUNTER A WATER COVERED ROAD...STOP. TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN. && $$ 44