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FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
313 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011

.ANOTHER ROUND OF RAIN ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS PORTIONS OF 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-SCOTT-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...WALDRON...
WESTERN GROVE...Y CITY...YELLVILLE
313 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY
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...LOGAN AND SCOTT.

* THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING

* SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED
  ACROSS NORTHERN ARKANSAS THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND
  THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP IN EASTERN OKLAHOMA THIS
  AFTERNOON...AND THEN MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN ARKANSAS TONIGHT. SOME
  OF THE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING AS MUCH AS ONE TO TWO
  INCHES OF RAIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.

* 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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