FLASH FLOOD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 1225 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
CLAY COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
CRAIGHEAD COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
CRITTENDEN COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
CROSS COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
GREENE COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
LAWRENCE COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
LEE COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
WESTERN MISSISSIPPI COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
PHILLIPS COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
POINSETT COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
RANDOLPH COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
ST. FRANCIS COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
COAHOMA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
WESTERN TUNICA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
DUNKLIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...
WESTERN PEMISCOT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...
EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN TIPTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 430 PM CST
* AT 1224 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES 1 TO 1.5 INCHES OF
RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED OVER THE PAST 3 HOURS.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BAY...BLACK
ROCK...BLYTHEVILLE...BONO...BROOKLAND...CARAWAY...CORNING...
EARLE...ELAINE...FORREST CITY...GOSNELL...HARRISBURG...HELENA AND
HOXIE.
THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES AREAS NEAR BEAVERDAM LAKE...BIG LAKE...
DESOTO LAKE...FLOWER LAKE...HORSESHOE LAKE...MIDWAY LAKE...MOON
LAKE...OLD TOWN LAKE...TUNICA LAKE AND WAPANOCCA LAKE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
.EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW
LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.
.MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE
INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE
USUALLY DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS
POWERFUL ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING
FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.
.STAY TUNED TO THIS BROADCAST FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND INFORMATION.
TO REPORT FLASH FLOODING ONLY...CALL 1 800 4 3 2 0 8 7 5.
LAT...LON 3664 9000 3663 9016 3651 9023 3649 9142
3632 9127 3623 9136 3590 9137 3588 9104
3501 9105 3500 9115 3492 9116 3435 9100
3412 9110 3412 9067 3398 9065 3398 9048
3502 9030 3640 8967 3641 8967 3639 8997
$$
FLOOD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 1018 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
THE SAINT FRANCIS RIVER AT LAKE CITY
* FROM EARLY TOMORROW UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
* AT 9 AM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.0 FEET
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST
* MAXIMUM FORECAST STAGE OF 10.5 FEET TOMORROW EVENING
* FLOOD STAGE IS 10.0 FEET
* FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY EARLY TOMORROW AND CONTINUE
TO RISE TO NEAR 10.5 FEET BY TOMORROW EVENING.
* AT 10.0 FEET...FLOODING IS OCCURRING IN THE LOWLANDS ALONG THE
RIVER
$$
WIND ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 1122 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST FRIDAY...
...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...
A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST FRIDAY. A HIGH
WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING.
* EXPECT WINDS FROM 20 TO 35 MILES AN HOUR WITH GUSTS TO 45
MILES AN HOUR. BE AWARE...THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR WIND
GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MILES AN HOUR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
* WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AND PERSIST
TONIGHT. REMEMBER...THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR ENHANCED WIND
SPEEDS THROUGH MIDNIGHT.
* WINDS OF THIS STRENGTH CAN FALL TREES. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES
CAN ALSO BE DIFFICULT TO HANDLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 39 MPH ARE
EXPECTED...OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 40 AND 57 MPH. WINDS THIS
STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE
VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.
A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS
HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF
58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST
FORECASTS.
$$
FLASH FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 1117 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING...
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF EAST ARKANSAS AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...INCLUDING
THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN EAST ARKANSAS...CLAY...CRAIGHEAD...
CRITTENDEN...CROSS...GREENE...LAWRENCE...LEE...MISSISSIPPI...
PHILLIPS...POINSETT...RANDOLPH AND ST. FRANCIS. IN SOUTHEAST
MISSOURI...DUNKLIN AND PEMISCOT.
* UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING
* RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS NORTHEAST ARKANSAS AND THE
MISSOURI BOOTHEEL THIS AFTERNOON. POCKETS OF HEAVIER RAIN WILL
MOVE OVER THE SAME AREAS PRODUCING THE THREAT FOR FLASH
FLOODING. 4 TO 8 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN OVER THIS
AREA SINCE WEDNESDAY.
* ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE WITH
ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.
$$
HIGH WIND WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 1122 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST FRIDAY...
...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...
A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST FRIDAY. A HIGH
WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING.
* EXPECT WINDS FROM 20 TO 35 MILES AN HOUR WITH GUSTS TO 45
MILES AN HOUR. BE AWARE...THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR WIND
GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MILES AN HOUR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
* WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AND PERSIST
TONIGHT. REMEMBER...THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR ENHANCED WIND
SPEEDS THROUGH MIDNIGHT.
* WINDS OF THIS STRENGTH CAN FALL TREES. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES
CAN ALSO BE DIFFICULT TO HANDLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 39 MPH ARE
EXPECTED...OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 40 AND 57 MPH. WINDS THIS
STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE
VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.
A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS
HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF
58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST
FORECASTS.
$$
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