FLOOD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 1126 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
THE OUACHITA RIVER AT THATCHER LOCK AND DAM NEAR CALION.
* FROM THURSDAY EVENING TO THURSDAY AFTERNOON...OR UNTIL THE WARNING
IS CANCELLED.
* AT 7:00 AM WEDNESDAY THE WATER ELEVATION WAS 77.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD ELEVATION IS 79.0 FEET.
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD ELEVATION BY THURSDAY LATE EVENING AND
CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 84.0 FEET BY SATURDAY MORNING.
FLD OBSERVED FORECAST 6AM
LOCATION STG STG DAY TIME THU FRI SAT SUN MON
OUACHITA RIVER
THATCHER L 79 77.0 WED 07 AM 77.8 79.4 79.9 80.2 80.5
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FLASH FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 301 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES 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...BAXTER...BOONE...CLEBURNE...FULTON...
INDEPENDENCE...IZARD...MARION...NEWTON...SEARCY...SHARP...
STONE AND VAN BUREN. IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...ARKANSAS...
BRADLEY...CLEVELAND...DESHA...DREW...JEFFERSON AND LINCOLN. IN
SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...CALHOUN...CLARK...DALLAS...HOT SPRING...
OUACHITA AND PIKE. IN WESTERN ARKANSAS...JOHNSON...LOGAN...
MONTGOMERY...POLK AND SCOTT.
* THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING
* RAIN WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.
WIDESPREAD TWO TO THREE INCH AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED...WITH LOCALLY
OVER FOUR INCHES POSSIBLE. THIS MAY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING IN
SOME AREAS.
* VEGETATION HAS BECOME MOSTLY DORMANT...AND WILL NOT USE NEARLY
AS MUCH WATER AS DURING THE GROWING SEASON. GIVEN THIS...RAIN
WILL NOT GO INTO THE SOIL AS READILY...WITH HIGH WATER
PROBLEMS BECOMING MORE OF A CONCERN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO
TAKE ACTION IF FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ARE ISSUED.
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LAKE WIND ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 257 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...LAKE WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO 6 PM
CST FRIDAY...
THE LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO
6 PM CST FRIDAY.
* WINDS WILL INCREASE ON THURSDAY...AND WILL REMAIN STRONG AND
GUSTY THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY.
* SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH ON THURSDAY WILL SHIFT
TO THE WEST AND SOUTHWEST DURING THE AFTERNOON...AND WILL
INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH. GUSTS COULD EXCEED 40 MPH. GIVEN
THIS...A WIND ADVISORY MAY NEED TO BE POSTED FOR THE THURSDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING TIME FRAME. WEST WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH
WILL CONTINUE ON FRIDAY.
* WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS ON AREA BODIES
OF WATER. SMALL CRAFT WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING. IF
WIND GUSTS BECOME STRONG ENOUGH...TREES AND POWER LINES MAY BE
DOWNED IN SOME AREAS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BOATERS WILL NEED TO EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION IF THEY DECIDE TO
GO OUT ON THE WATER. REMEMBER...DUE TO REDUCED FRICTION...WINDS
OVER OPEN WATER ARE STRONGER THAN THOSE REPORTED AT STATIONS ON
LAND.
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