Flash Flood Watch

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
238 PM CDT TUE MAY 21 2013

ARZ003>007-012>015-021>023-030-031-220200-
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BAXTER-BOONE-CONWAY-FULTON-IZARD-JOHNSON-LOGAN-MARION-NEWTON-POPE-
SEARCY-SHARP-STONE-VAN BUREN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASH FLAT...BEE BRANCH...BOONEVILLE...
BULL SHOALS...CALICO ROCK...CAVE CITY...CENTER RIDGE...
CLARKSVILLE...CLINTON...DEER...FAIRFIELD BAY...FLIPPIN...
GASSVILLE...HARDY...HARRISON...HECTOR...HORSESHOE BEND...JASPER...
LEAD HILL...LESLIE...MAMMOTH SPRING...MARSHALL...MELBOURNE...
MORRILTON...MOUNT MAGAZINE...MOUNTAIN HOME...MOUNTAIN VIEW...
NORFORK...OMAHA...OXFORD...OZONE...PARIS...PELSOR...
RUSSELLVILLE...SALEM...SUMMIT...VIOLA...WESTERN GROVE...YELLVILLE
238 PM CDT TUE MAY 21 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR

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

* UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING

* SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH
  THE EVENING HOURS. AREAS OF RAIN...SOME HEAVY...WILL PROVIDE AN
  ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL...WHICH WILL OCCUR
  ACROSS A SATURATED GROUND.

* EXTREMELY HIGH AMOUNTS OF MOISTURE...COMBINED WITH SEVERAL
  ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALLOW FOR EXCESSIVE RAINFALL AND
  THE POTENTIAL FOR HIGH WATER PROBLEMS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF A FLASH FLOOD
WARNING IS ISSUED.

&&

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Flash Flood Warning

FLASH FLOOD WARNING
ARC101-115-129-141-212100-
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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1247 PM CDT TUE MAY 21 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN POPE COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS...
  NORTHWESTERN VAN BUREN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS...
  SEARCY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS...
  SOUTHEASTERN NEWTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS...

* UNTIL 400 PM CDT

* AT 1247 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
  THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS. TWO TO
  THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER PARTS OF THE WARNED AREA
  IN THE PAST THREE HOURS WITH ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN
  EXPECTED. FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY TO OCCUR. WHILE PRECIPITATION
  MAY TAPER OFF IN SOME AREAS DURING THE WARNING PERIOD...IT WILL
  TAKE SOME TIME FOR ANY HIGH WATER TO RUNOFF.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  MARSHALL...           ZACK...               WOOLUM...
  WITTS SPRING...       WATTS...              SOLO...
  ROCKY HILL...         MOORE...              MARSENA...
  IMO...                ELBA...               DABNEY...
  BOHANNON...           TILLY...
  RICHLAND CREEK CAMPGROUND...                OXLEY...
  NOGO...               MORNING STAR...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS
FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.

&&

LAT...LON 3581 9241 3575 9242 3555 9304 3582 9301
      3603 9250

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Hazardous Weather Outlook

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1148 AM CDT TUE MAY 21 2013

ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-221000-
ARKANSAS-BAXTER-BOONE-BRADLEY-CALHOUN-CLARK-CLEBURNE-CLEVELAND-
CONWAY-DALLAS-DESHA-DREW-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-
1145 AM CDT TUE MAY 21 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
CONDITIONS FOR A SUBSTANTIAL SEVERE WEATHER EPISODE ARE COMING
TOGETHER ACROSS AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH A LINE FROM MENA...TO LITTLE
ROCK...TO BRINKLEY.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...AHEAD OF UPPER LEVEL ENERGY APPROACHING FROM THE SOUTHERN
PLAINS. SEVERAL NUMERICAL MODELS ALSO SUGGEST A COMPLEX OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL FORM DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS...AND AFFECT THE
SOUTHERN HALF OF THE STATE LATER TODAY AND THIS EVENING.

VERY LARGE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS.
ALSO...CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR PRODUCING WIDESPREAD WIND
DAMAGE...AND A TORNADO POTENTIAL...WILL INCREASE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS
SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THIS AREA.

DUE TO THE HIGH LEVELS OF MOISTURE IN PLACE...AND WITH MULTIPLE
ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED...THERE WILL BE A
THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING AS SOME LOCATIONS COULD SEE SEVERAL INCHES
OF RAINFALL IN A SHORT TIME FRAME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DECREASE BEGINNING ON
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AS MORE STABLE AND DRIER AIR MOVES INTO THE
STATE. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE STATE FOR FRIDAY...BUT
CHANCES FOR PRECIPITATION WILL BE LIMITED TO THE SOUTH AND
WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE STATE. AT THIS TIME...THE THREAT FOR
WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE LOW LATE THIS WEEK AND INTO THE
WEEKEND.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.

&&

VISIT NWS LITTLE ROCK ON THE WEB. GO TO HTTP://WEATHER.GOV AND
CLICK ON CENTRAL ARKANSAS.

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