FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
350 PM CDT WED SEP 8 2010
...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF ARKANSAS VALID
THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING...
.THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM HERMINE WILL SPREAD PERIODS OF
HEAVY RAIN TO MUCH OF ARKANSAS THROUGH THURSDAY. MUCH OF ARKANSAS
HAS RECEIVED RAIN FROM THE STORM...RANGING FROM A FEW TENTHS OF AN
INCH...TO AS MUCH AS 2 TO 3 INCHES AND ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS.
THIS HAS ESPECIALLY EFFECTED WESTERN AND NORTHWEST AREAS OF
ARKANSAS. AS THE REMNANTS OF HERMINE MOVE OVER NORTH TEXAS TO
OKLAHOMA...THEN THROUGH THE SOUTHEASTERN PLAINS OVER THE NEXT 24
TO 36 HOURS...IT WILL SPREAD ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TO THE STATE.
THE GROUND IS ALSO SATURATED IN MANY LOCATIONS...AND ADDITIONAL
HEAVY RAIN WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING.
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ARKANSAS-BAXTER-BOONE-BRADLEY-CALHOUN-CLARK-CLEBURNE-CLEVELAND-
CONWAY-DALLAS-DESHA-DREW-FAULKNER-FULTON-GARLAND-GRANT-HOT SPRING-
INDEPENDENCE-IZARD-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-LINCOLN-LOGAN-LONOKE-
MARION-MONROE-MONTGOMERY-NEWTON-OUACHITA-PERRY-PIKE-POLK-POPE-
PRAIRIE-PULASKI-SALINE-SCOTT-SEARCY-SHARP-STONE-VAN BUREN-WHITE-
WOODRUFF-YELL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALTHEIMER...AMITY...ARKADELPHIA...
ARKANSAS CITY...ASH FLAT...AUGUSTA...AVILLA...BATESVILLE...
BAUXITE...BEARDEN...BEE BRANCH...BEEBE...BENTON...BISMARCK...
BONNERDALE...BOONEVILLE...BRINKLEY...BRYANT...BULL SHOALS...
CABOT...CALICO ROCK...CAMDEN...CAVE CITY...CENTER RIDGE...
CHIDESTER...CLARENDON...CLARKSVILLE...CLINTON...CONWAY...
COTTON PLANT...DANVILLE...DARDANELLE...DE VALLS BLUFF...DE WITT...
DEER...DES ARC...DONALDSON...DRASCO...DUMAS...EL PASO...ENGLAND...
FAIRFIELD BAY...FLIPPIN...FORDYCE...FOURCHE JUNCTION...
GASSVILLE...GEORGETOWN...GILLETT...GLENWOOD...GOULD...GRADY...
GRAVELLY...GREENBRIER...GREERS FERRY...GURDON...HAMPTON...HARDY...
HARRISON...HASKELL...HAZEN...HEBER SPRINGS...HECTOR...HERMITAGE...
HORSESHOE BEND...HOT SPRINGS...HOT SPRINGS VILLAGE...HOUSTON...
HUMNOKE...HUMPHREY...JACKSONVILLE...JASPER...JESSIEVILLE...
KINGSLAND...LACEY...LEAD HILL...LEOLA...LESLIE...LITTLE ROCK...
LONOKE...MALVERN...MAMMOTH SPRING...MARSHALL...MAUMELLE...
MAYFLOWER...MCCRORY...MCGEHEE...MELBOURNE...MENA...MONTICELLO...
MORO BAY...MORRILTON...MOUNT IDA...MOUNT MAGAZINE...
MOUNTAIN HOME...MOUNTAIN VIEW...MURFREESBORO...NEWPORT...
NORFORK...NORMAN...NORTH LITTLE ROCK...OIL TROUGH...OKOLONA...
OLA...OMAHA...OXFORD...OZONE...PARIS...PARON...PELSOR...
PERRYVILLE...PINE BLUFF...PINE RIDGE...PLEASANT PLAINS...POYEN...
PRATTSVILLE...REDFIELD...RISON...ROHWER...ROSE BUD...
RUSSELLVILLE...SALEM...SEARCY...SHERIDAN...SHERWOOD...STAR CITY...
STEPHENS...STUTTGART...SUMMIT...SWIFTON...THORNTON...TUCKERMAN...
VILONIA...VIOLA...WALDRON...WARREN...WESTERN GROVE...WICKES...
WRIGHTSVILLE...Y CITY...YELLVILLE
350 PM CDT WED SEP 8 2010
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WATCH 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 EVENING A FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL BE IN EFFECT
FOR MUCH OF ARKANSAS DUE TO THE POTENTIAL HEAVY RAIN.
* ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS...ARE
EXPECTED FOR MUCH OF WEST AND NORTH ARKANSAS...AS THE REMNANTS
OF HERMINE MOVE NORTH THEN NORTHEAST AND EFFECT ARKANSAS. AROUND
ONE INCH TO AS MUCH AS TWO INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER MUCH OF
THE REST OF ARKANSAS...WITH AGAIN ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS
POSSIBLE. ALL PARTS OF THE STATE WILL SEE ADDITIONAL RAIN...AND
ALSO DUE TO SATURATED GROUND...FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE.
* THE COMBINATION OF THE HEAVY RAINFALL...ALONG WITH THE SATURATED
GROUND...WILL LEAD TO POSSIBLE FLASH FLOODING. AREA RESIDENTS
THAT LIVE NEAR LAKES...STREAMS...RIVERS AND AREAS THAT HAVE POOR
DRAINAGE SHOULD STAY INFORMED AS THE HEAVY RAIN DEVELOPS. THE
RAINFALL MAY ALSO BE ENOUGH TO CAUSE SOME CREEKS AND RIVERS TO
OVERFLOW.
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.
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