132 WGUS64 KLZK 242125 FFALZK URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 425 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2011 ...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT...WIDESPREAD FLASH FLOODING... ...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION... .A FRONTAL BOUNDARY OVER NORTH ARKANSAS IS FORECAST TO LIFT SLOWLY TO THE NORTH TONIGHT AND MONDAY. THE FRONT WILL PROVIDE A FOCUS FOR ADDITIONAL SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT...ALONG WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING. LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP TO THE WEST OF ARKANSAS ON MONDAY AND TRACK NORTH OF THE STATE LATE MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT ARKANSAS AS AN ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT ENTERS THE STATE...WITH HIGH WATER PROBLEMS BECOMING MORE WIDESPREAD. ARZ016-022>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>064-251100- /O.NEW.KLZK.FF.A.0003.110426T0000Z-110426T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ ARKANSAS-CLARK-CLEBURNE-CLEVELAND-CONWAY-DALLAS-FAULKNER-GARLAND- GRANT-HOT SPRING-INDEPENDENCE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-LINCOLN-LOGAN- LONOKE-MONROE-MONTGOMERY-PERRY-PIKE-POLK-POPE-PRAIRIE-PULASKI- SALINE-SCOTT-VAN BUREN-WHITE-WOODRUFF-YELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALTHEIMER...AMITY...ARKADELPHIA... AUGUSTA...AVILLA...BATESVILLE...BAUXITE...BEE BRANCH...BEEBE... BENTON...BISMARCK...BONNERDALE...BOONEVILLE...BRINKLEY...BRYANT... CABOT...CENTER RIDGE...CLARENDON...CLINTON...CONWAY... COTTON PLANT...DANVILLE...DARDANELLE...DE VALLS BLUFF...DE WITT... DES ARC...DONALDSON...DRASCO...EL PASO...ENGLAND... FAIRFIELD BAY...FORDYCE...FOURCHE JUNCTION...GEORGETOWN... GILLETT...GLENWOOD...GOULD...GRADY...GRAVELLY...GREENBRIER... GREERS FERRY...GURDON...HASKELL...HAZEN...HEBER SPRINGS... HECTOR...HOT SPRINGS...HOT SPRINGS VILLAGE...HOUSTON...HUMNOKE... HUMPHREY...JACKSONVILLE...JESSIEVILLE...KINGSLAND...LEOLA... LITTLE ROCK...LONOKE...MALVERN...MAUMELLE...MAYFLOWER...MCCRORY... MENA...MORRILTON...MOUNT IDA...MOUNT MAGAZINE...MURFREESBORO... NEWPORT...NORMAN...NORTH LITTLE ROCK...OIL TROUGH...OKOLONA... OLA...PARIS...PARON...PELSOR...PERRYVILLE...PINE BLUFF... PINE RIDGE...PLEASANT PLAINS...POYEN...PRATTSVILLE...REDFIELD... RISON...ROSE BUD...RUSSELLVILLE...SEARCY...SHERIDAN...SHERWOOD... STAR CITY...STUTTGART...SWIFTON...TUCKERMAN...VILONIA...WALDRON... WICKES...WRIGHTSVILLE...Y CITY 425 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2011 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WATCH 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...CLEBURNE... INDEPENDENCE AND VAN BUREN. IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...ARKANSAS... CLEVELAND...JEFFERSON AND LINCOLN. IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS... CLARK...DALLAS...HOT SPRING AND PIKE. IN WESTERN ARKANSAS... LOGAN...MONTGOMERY...POLK AND SCOTT. * FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING * THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION * SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE AREA STARTING ON MONDAY AND CONTINUING INTO EARLY TUESDAY. AS THE GROUND BECOMES MORE SATURATED...THIS WILL INCREASE THE RUNOFF POTENTIAL...AND THE CONCERN FOR FLASH FLOODING. * SERIOUS FLOOD ISSUES MAY DEVELOP IN SOME AREAS...INCLUDING HIGH WATER RESCUES AND ROAD CLOSURES. IF YOU LIVE IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA...BE PREPARED TO LEAVE IF RISING WATER IS OBSERVED. 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. && $$ ARZ003>007-012>015-021-251100- /O.EXT.KLZK.FF.A.0002.000000T0000Z-110426T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BAXTER-BOONE-FULTON-IZARD-JOHNSON-MARION-NEWTON-SEARCY-SHARP- STONE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASH FLAT...BULL SHOALS...CALICO ROCK... CAVE CITY...CLARKSVILLE...DEER...FLIPPIN...GASSVILLE...HARDY... HARRISON...HORSESHOE BEND...JASPER...LEAD HILL...LESLIE... MAMMOTH SPRING...MARSHALL...MELBOURNE...MOUNTAIN HOME... MOUNTAIN VIEW...NORFORK...OMAHA...OXFORD...OZONE...SALEM... SUMMIT...VIOLA...WESTERN GROVE...YELLVILLE 425 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2011 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR * PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS AND WESTERN ARKANSAS... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS... BAXTER...BOONE...FULTON...IZARD...MARION...NEWTON...SEARCY... SHARP AND STONE. IN WESTERN ARKANSAS...JOHNSON. * THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING * THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION * THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR AN ADDITIONAL TWO TO FIVE INCHES OF RAIN AND LOCALLY MORE THROUGH TUESDAY IN THE WATCH AREA. MUCH OF THE AREA HAS ALREADY RECEIVED HEAVY RAINFALL. THE GROUND HAS BECOME SATURATED AND CANNOT HOLD MUCH MORE WATER. THIS WILL INCREASE THE RUNOFF POTENTIAL...AND THE CONCERN FOR FLASH FLOODING. * SERIOUS FLOOD ISSUES MAY DEVELOP IN SOME AREAS...INCLUDING HIGH WATER RESCUES AND ROAD CLOSURES. IF YOU LIVE IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA...BE PREPARED TO LEAVE IF RISING WATER IS OBSERVED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. REMEMBER THAT HALF OF ALL FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. IF YOU ARE DRIVING AND ENCOUNTER A WATER COVERED ROAD...STOP. TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN. && $$ 44