FLOOD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 756 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...FLOOD WARNING EXTENDED UNTIL SATURDAY EVENING...THE FLOOD WARNING
CONTINUES FOR
THE LITTLE MISSOURI RIVER NEAR BOUGHTON.
* FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON TO SATURDAY EVENING...OR UNTIL THE WARNING
IS CANCELLED.
* AT 7:00 PM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 20.0 FEET.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY THURSDAY
AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 20.5 FEET BY EARLY FRIDAY
MORNING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY EARLY FRIDAY
AFTERNOON.
FLD OBSERVED FORECAST 6AM
LOCATION STG STG DAY TIME THU FRI SAT SUN MON
LITTLE MISSOURI RIVER
BOUGHTON 20 8.0 WED 07 PM 16.5 20.4 17.9 13.6 10.1
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LAKE WIND ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 447 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
...LAKE WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...
THE LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT.
A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PUSH ACROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING.
BEHIND THIS FRONT THE AREA WILL SEE A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT
WHICH WILL PRODUCE STRONG WINDS THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY. WESTERLY
TO NORTHWESTERLY WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT WILL INCREASE TO ABOVE 20
MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 30 MPH DURING MUCH OF THE DAY AND INTO THIS
EVENING. WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BEGIN TO DIMINISH TOWARD MIDNIGHT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A LAKE WIND ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP
ON AREA LAKES. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING.
$$
FLASH FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 607 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
NEVADA-COLUMBIA-UNION AR-WEBSTER-CLAIBORNE-LINCOLN-UNION LA-
RED RIVER-BIENVILLE-JACKSON-OUACHITA-NATCHITOCHES-WINN-GRANT-
CALDWELL-LA SALLE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRESCOTT...MAGNOLIA...EL DORADO...
MINDEN...HOMER...RUSTON...FARMERVILLE...COUSHATTA...BIENVILLE...
JONESBORO...MONROE...NATCHITOCHES...WINNFIELD...COLFAX...
COLUMBIA...JENA
607 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS
MORNING...
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF ARKANSAS AND LOUISIANA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
AREAS...IN ARKANSAS...COLUMBIA...NEVADA AND UNION AR. IN
LOUISIANA...BIENVILLE...CALDWELL...CLAIBORNE...GRANT...
JACKSON...LA SALLE...LINCOLN...NATCHITOCHES...OUACHITA...RED
RIVER...UNION LA...WEBSTER AND WINN.
* UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING
* A STRONG STORM SYSTEM IS MOVING THROUGH THE FOUR STATE REGION
EARLY THIS MORNING. THIS IS PROVIDING TRAINING SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE AREA THIS MORNING. A COLD
FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS STORM SYSTEM IS BEGINNING TO TRIGGER
A SQUALL LINE...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. THE
SQUALL LINE WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION THROUGH THE NEXT
SEVERAL HOURS...AND LEAVING THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE FOUR
STATE REGION BY LUNCHTIME. RAINFALL AMOUNTS AROUND 2 TO 3 INCHES
WITHIN THE WATCH AREA CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF
THE MORNING. HOWEVER... ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS UP TO 4 INCHES
WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE... ESPECIALLY IF CAUGHT UNDER THE HEAVIER
DOWNPOURS OF THUNDERSTORMS. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL COMBINE
WITH RAIN RECEIVED OVER THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS TO CREATE
ADDITIONAL FLOODING PROBLEMS.
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.
$$
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 449 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
6 AM CST FRIDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST
ARKANSAS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 AM
CST FRIDAY.
A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE FOUR STATE REGION
TODAY...BRINGING A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE REGION THIS MORNING.
TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN TO FALL THIS MORNING...REACHING THE MIDDLE
30S THIS AFTERNOON OVER EAST TEXAS AND SPREADING EAST THROUGH THE
EVENING BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. THIS AREA WILL BEGIN TO SEE AREAS
OF RAIN TRANSITIONING TO SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST THIS AFTERNOON
INTO THIS EVENING. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE
EVENING AND INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SNOW MAY BE MODERATE AT
TIMES...WITH AVERAGE ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES OVER THE
ADVISORY AREA EXPECTED. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTHWESTERLY TO
WESTERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS MAY RESULT IN
AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. THIS COMBINED WITH
FALLING SNOW MAY BRING PERIODS OF REDUCED VISIBILITIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.
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