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FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
929 PM CDT FRI MAY 20 2011

.A COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH TOWARD ARKANSAS FROM THE
PLAINS OVERNIGHT. AHEAD OF THE FRONT...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE IN THE WARM...MOIST AND
UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE. PRECIPITATION WILL BE THE HEAVIEST ACROSS THE 
NORTHWEST HALF OF THE STATE.

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BAXTER-BOONE-CLEBURNE-CONWAY-FULTON-INDEPENDENCE-IZARD-JOHNSON-
LOGAN-MARION-NEWTON-POPE-SCOTT-SEARCY-SHARP-STONE-VAN BUREN-YELL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASH FLAT...BATESVILLE...BEE BRANCH...
BOONEVILLE...BULL SHOALS...CALICO ROCK...CAVE CITY...
CENTER RIDGE...CLARKSVILLE...CLINTON...DANVILLE...DARDANELLE...
DEER...DRASCO...FAIRFIELD BAY...FLIPPIN...GASSVILLE...GRAVELLY...
GREERS FERRY...HARDY...HARRISON...HEBER SPRINGS...HECTOR...
HORSESHOE BEND...JASPER...LEAD HILL...LESLIE...MAMMOTH SPRING...
MARSHALL...MELBOURNE...MORRILTON...MOUNT MAGAZINE...
MOUNTAIN HOME...MOUNTAIN VIEW...NORFORK...OIL TROUGH...OLA...
OMAHA...OXFORD...OZONE...PARIS...PELSOR...PLEASANT PLAINS...
RUSSELLVILLE...SALEM...SUMMIT...VIOLA...WALDRON...WESTERN GROVE...
Y CITY...YELLVILLE
929 PM CDT FRI MAY 20 2011

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS...NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS AND 
 WESTERN ARKANSAS...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN CENTRAL 
 ARKANSAS...CONWAY...POPE AND YELL. IN NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS...
 BAXTER...BOONE...CLEBURNE...FULTON...INDEPENDENCE...IZARD...
 MARION...NEWTON...SEARCY...SHARP...STONE AND VAN BUREN. IN 
 WESTERN ARKANSAS...JOHNSON...LOGAN AND SCOTT.

* THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING

* WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE
  MAJORITY OF NORTHERN...WESTERN AND CENTRAL ARKANSAS THROUGH
  TONIGHT...AND TAPER OFF SATURDAY MORNING. TWO TO THREE INCHES OF
  RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN AND AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES...WITH
  LOCALLY OVER 3 INCHES IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT.

* THE GROUND IS NEARLY SATURATED ACROSS THE STATE DUE TO HEAVY
  RAIN IN LATE APRIL AND EARLY MAY. THE GROUND CANNOT HOLD MUCH
  ADDITIONAL MOISTURE...WHICH WILL INCREASE RUNOFF AND THE
  POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING.

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. IF
YOU LIVE IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA...BE READY TO MOVE TO HIGHER
GROUND.

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