FLOOD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 419 PM CST FRI DEC 25 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...
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...
TUNICA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
DUNKLIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...
PEMISCOT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 500 AM CST FRIDAY
* AT 416 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 5 TO 8 INCHES OF
RAINFALL HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA SINCE WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON. JONESBORO HAS HAD 6.15 INCHES OF RAIN AS OF 4 PM THURSDAY
AFTERNOON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLOOD WARNING MEANS FLOODING IS OCCURRING. MOST FLOOD RELATED
DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED
BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A
FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER
MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.
TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE.
LAT...LON 3639 8997 3636 8953 3625 8970 3590 8964
3542 9017 3542 9008 3514 9007 3502 9030
3452 9020 3443 9040 3399 9045 3399 9065
3412 9066 3413 9110 3589 9104 3590 9136
3633 9126 3649 9141 3650 9023 3663 8997
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BORGHOFF
FLOOD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 1018 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
THE SAINT FRANCIS RIVER NEAR SAINT FRANCIS
* FROM LATE THIS MORNING UNTIL SUNDAY MORNING
* AT 9 AM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 20.4 FEET
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST
* MAXIMUM FORECAST STAGE OF 25.5 FEET TOMORROW EARLY AFTERNOON
* FLOOD STAGE IS 22.0 FEET
* FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY LATE THIS MORNING AND
CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 25.5 FEET BY TOMORROW EARLY AFTERNOON.THE
RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY SUNDAY MORNING.
* AT 25.0 FEET...FLOOD WATER BEGINS FLOWING OVER THE LOWER PLACES IN
THE LEVEE NEAR COUNTY HIGHWAY 338 NORTH OF SAINT FRANCIS
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WIND ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 331 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY...
THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. THE
HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* 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 EVENING INTO EARLY CHRISTMAS MORNING.
* 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.
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