FLOOD WARNING Issue Date: 400 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009 Expiration: 1000 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009 Expires:200912241600;;
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
359 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
ARC023-045-063-067-085-117-137-141-145-147-241600-
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359 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WARNING FOR...
FAULKNER COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS
LONOKE COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS
PRAIRIE COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS
WHITE COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS
JACKSON COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS
WOODRUFF COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS
CLEBURNE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS
INDEPENDENCE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS
STONE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS
VAN BUREN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS
* UNTIL 1000 AM CST
* AT 354 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED
TO INDICATE A LARGE AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE
AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES HAVE BEEN REPORTED
SINCE LATE WEDNESDAY. LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOUR. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CAUSE
FLOODING OF RIVERS...STREAMS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS OVER CENTRAL
AND EASTERN ARKANSAS.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...
CONWAY...LONOKE...CABOT...SEARCY...HEBER SPRINGS...NEWPORT AND
BATESVILLE.
A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN REPORTED.
STREAM RISES WILL BE SLOW AND FLASH FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED.
HOWEVER...ALL INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS
IMMEDIATELY.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF 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.
LAT...LON 3490 9137 3457 9138 3457 9159 3448 9160
3449 9202 3502 9207 3486 9244 3498 9259
3546 9247 3547 9284 3572 9280 3579 9242
3597 9241 3612 9218 3604 9206 3594 9211
3587 9189 3590 9104 3589 9103 3501 9104
$$ HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK Issue Date: 517 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009 Expiration: 500 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 Expires:200912251100;;
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HWOLZK
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
500 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-251100-
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-
500 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM CONTINUES TO APPROACH ARKANSAS FROM THE
SOUTHERN PLAINS. AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM...RAIN WILL REMAIN WIDESPREAD
THROUGH TODAY...AND WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES. ONE TO THREE
INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE COMMON IN MUCH OF ARKANSAS...WITH LOCALLY
MORE. THIS MUCH RAIN WILL CAUSE FLOODING AND FLASH FLOODING. A FLASH
FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON FOR MOST OF THE REGION.
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE EMBEDDED IN THE RAIN AREA...MAINLY
IN THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE STATE. A FEW STORMS COULD PRODUCE
DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL...MAINLY IN THE SOUTHERN THIRD OF THE
STATE. WINDY CONDITIONS AS THE LOW NEARS THE STATE AND A HIGH WIND
WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN PART OF THE STATE TODAY AND
TONIGHT...WITH A LAKE WIND ADVISORY FOR MUCH OF THE REST OF THE
STATE TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON IN WESTERN ARKANSAS BEHIND THE
COLD FRONT THAT WILL SWEEP THROUGH. SNOW AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE
FROM 1 TO 5 INCHES. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS
EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING FOR PARTS OF WEST AND NORTH ARKANSAS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
IT WILL REMAIN WINDY ON CHRISTMAS DAY...AND IT WILL BE MUCH COLDER.
CLEARING WILL OCCUR FROM THE SOUTHWEST. WHILE THERE MAY BE SUNSHINE
IN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ARKANSAS...A FEW FLURRIES ARE
POSSIBLE IN THE NORTH AS MOISTURE WRAPS AROUND THE DEPARTING SYSTEM
TO THE NORTH.
HIGH PRESSURE WILL SLOWLY BUILD OVER THE REGION FROM THE WEST LATE
THIS WEEKEND. WINDS WILL BECOME LESS OF AN ISSUE. OTHER THAN A
SLIGHT CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW IN THE FAR NORTH SATURDAY...DRY
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED.
EARLY NEXT WEEK...DATA SHOWS A STORM SYSTEM DEVELOPING IN THE
WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO. IT APPEARS THE SYSTEM WILL HEAD TOWARD THE
SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES...AND WILL SPREAD MOISTURE INTO ARKANSAS BY
TUESDAY AFTERNOON. WHILE PRECIPITATION IS IN THE FORECAST...IT IS
MUCH TOO EARLY TO SPECULATE WHAT TYPES OF PRECIPITATION WILL
OCCUR...OR HOW MUCH. DETAILS WILL BECOME MORE CLEAR IN THE COMING
DAYS.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF
SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS SOUTHERN ARKANSAS.
&&
VISIT NWS LITTLE ROCK ON THE WEB. GO TO WEATHER.GOV AND CLICK ON
CENTRAL ARKANSAS.
$$ LAKE WIND ADVISORY Issue Date: 320 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009 Expiration: 600 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...A LAKE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF ARKANSAS
THROUGH FRIDAY...
.A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM OUT IN THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL AFFECT
ARKANSAS DURING THE NEXT FEW DAYS. THE SYSTEM WILL ALLOW FOR GUSTY
WINDS IN MUCH OF THE STATE.
ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-232200-
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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...ARKADELPHIA...ASH FLAT...AUGUSTA...
BATESVILLE...BEEBE...BENTON...BOONEVILLE...BRINKLEY...BRYANT...
BULL SHOALS...CABOT...CALICO ROCK...CAMDEN...CAVE CITY...
CLARENDON...CLARKSVILLE...CLINTON...CONWAY...COTTON PLANT...
DANVILLE...DARDANELLE...DE VALLS BLUFF...DE WITT...DES ARC...
DUMAS...FAIRFIELD BAY...FLIPPIN...FORDYCE...GLENWOOD...GOULD...
HAMPTON...HARDY...HARRISON...HAZEN...HEBER SPRINGS...
HORSESHOE BEND...HOT SPRINGS...JASPER...LESLIE...LITTLE ROCK...
LONOKE...MALVERN...MAMMOTH SPRING...MARSHALL...MCCRORY...
MCGEHEE...MELBOURNE...MENA...MONTICELLO...MORRILTON...MOUNT IDA...
MOUNTAIN HOME...MOUNTAIN VIEW...MURFREESBORO...NEWPORT...NORMAN...
NORTH LITTLE ROCK...OLA...OXFORD...PARIS...PERRYVILLE...
PINE BLUFF...RUSSELLVILLE...SEARCY...SHERIDAN...STAR CITY...
STUTTGART...SUMMIT...THORNTON...VIOLA...WALDRON...WARREN...
WESTERN GROVE...YELLVILLE
320 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A LAKE
WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY.
* WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY TODAY...AS A POWERFUL STORM
SYSTEM DEVELOPS OUT IN THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AND MOVES TOWARD THE
REGION.
* WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL DEVELOP THIS
MORNING. WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 35
MPH BY TONIGHT. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION DURING
THE DAY THURSDAY...WITH WINDS SWITCHING TO THE NORTHWEST.
HOWEVER...WINDS WILL REMAIN AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS
THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT AND MUCH OF FRIDAY. BY FRIDAY EVENING...
WINDS WILL SUBSIDE AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES AWAY FROM THE
REGION AND INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS.
* WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS ON AREA BODIES
OF WATER. SMALL CRAFT WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING.
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.
$$
57 FLASH FLOOD WATCH Issue Date: 321 PM CST TUE DEC 22 2009 Expiration: 1200 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 .A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM WILL APPROACH FROM THE PLAINS ON
WEDNESDAY...AND WILL DRAG A COLD FRONT INTO ARKANSAS ON THURSDAY.
AHEAD OF THE FRONT...RAIN WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD AND WILL BE HEAVY
AT TIMES. THERE WILL BE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AS WELL.
PRECIPITATION MAY BECOME EXCESSIVE IN SOME AREAS.
ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-231030-
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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
321 PM CST TUE DEC 22 2009
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING...
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.
* FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING
* RAIN WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES...MAINLY WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND
THURSDAY MORNING. WIDESPREAD TWO TO THREE INCH AMOUNTS ARE
EXPECTED...WITH LOCALLY MORE. 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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