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FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
311 PM CDT MON MAY 23 2011

.SEVERAL BANDS OF RAIN ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE STATE
TONIGHT. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WILL FALL ACROSS THE NORTHERN PART OF
THE STATE ON ALREADY SATURATED GROUND WITH FLASH FLOODING
POSSIBLE.

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BAXTER-BOONE-CLEBURNE-CONWAY-FAULKNER-FULTON-INDEPENDENCE-IZARD-
JACKSON-JOHNSON-LOGAN-MARION-NEWTON-PERRY-POPE-SEARCY-SHARP-STONE-
VAN BUREN-WHITE-WOODRUFF-YELL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASH FLAT...AUGUSTA...BATESVILLE...
BEE BRANCH...BEEBE...BOONEVILLE...BULL SHOALS...CALICO ROCK...
CAVE CITY...CENTER RIDGE...CLARKSVILLE...CLINTON...CONWAY...
COTTON PLANT...DANVILLE...DARDANELLE...DEER...DRASCO...EL PASO...
FAIRFIELD BAY...FLIPPIN...FOURCHE JUNCTION...GASSVILLE...
GEORGETOWN...GRAVELLY...GREENBRIER...GREERS FERRY...HARDY...
HARRISON...HEBER SPRINGS...HECTOR...HORSESHOE BEND...HOUSTON...
JASPER...LEAD HILL...LESLIE...MAMMOTH SPRING...MARSHALL...
MAYFLOWER...MCCRORY...MELBOURNE...MORRILTON...MOUNT MAGAZINE...
MOUNTAIN HOME...MOUNTAIN VIEW...NEWPORT...NORFORK...OIL TROUGH...
OLA...OMAHA...OXFORD...OZONE...PARIS...PELSOR...PERRYVILLE...
PLEASANT PLAINS...ROSE BUD...RUSSELLVILLE...SALEM...SEARCY...
SUMMIT...SWIFTON...TUCKERMAN...VILONIA...VIOLA...WESTERN GROVE...
YELLVILLE
311 PM CDT MON MAY 23 2011

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

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

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

* THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING

* SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED
  ACROSS NORTHERN ARKANSAS THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. WIDESPREAD
  TOTALS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS...WILL
  BE POSSIBLE.

* THE GROUND REMAINS SATURATED ACROSS NORTHERN ARKANSAS DUE TO THE
  RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL. THE GROUND CANNOT HOLD MUCH ADDITIONAL
  MOISTURE WHICH WILL RESULT IN INCREASED RUNOFF AND THE POTENTIAL
  FOR FLASH FLOODING. ALSO...WITH THE RESERVOIRS IN NORTHERN
  ARKANSAS NEAR CAPACITY...HIGHER RELEASES ARE EXPECTED...WHICH
  WILL ONLY EXACERBATE FLASH FLOODING CONCERNS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

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