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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-
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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.

&&

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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.

&&

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