FLASH FLOOD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 729 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
SOUTHEASTERN FAULKNER COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS
GARLAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS
PULASKI COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS
SALINE COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS
* UNTIL 1115 PM CST
* AT 720 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED
TO INDICATED MODERATE TO SOMETIMES HEAVY RAINFALL OCCURRING OVER
THE WARNED AREA. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO NOTED. RAINFALL
AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES HAVE BEEN COMMON IN MANY AREAS OVER
THE LAST FEW HOURS. AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN WILL
BE POSSIBLE...WITH FLASH FLOODING LIKELY TO OCCUR.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LITTLE
ROCK...NORTH LITTLE ROCK...HOT SPRINGS...BENTON...SHERWOOD AND
JACKSONVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.
LAT...LON 3478 9338 3478 9308 3482 9307 3486 9288
3483 9274 3490 9275 3493 9257 3496 9253
3506 9212 3502 9212 3502 9207 3480 9207
3465 9211 3443 9267 3451 9273 3451 9291
3441 9295 3441 9340
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FLASH FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 301 PM CST THU DEC 24 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 THU DEC 24 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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