FLOOD WARNING Issue Date: 156 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 Expiration: 800 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 Expires:200912251400;;
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING...UPDATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
156 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
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156 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS IN...
CONWAY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS
FAULKNER COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS
GARLAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS
GRANT COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS
LONOKE COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS
PERRY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS
PRAIRIE COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS
PULASKI COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS
SALINE COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS
WHITE COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS
JACKSON COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS
MONROE 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
ARKANSAS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS
BRADLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS
CLEVELAND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS
WESTERN DESHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS
DREW COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS
JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS
LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS
CALHOUN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS
CLARK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS
DALLAS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS
HOT SPRING COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS
OUACHITA COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS
* UNTIL 800 AM CST FRIDAY
* AT 155 AM CST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
ONLY PATCHES OF LIGHT RAIN...RAIN MIXED WITH LIGHT SNOW...OR LIGHT
SNOW OR JUST FLURRIES LIFTING NORTHWARD ACROSS MUCH OF ARKANSAS.
THIS ACTIVITY HAS BEEN TAPERING OFF TO LIGHT AMOUNTS OVERNIGHT.
EVEN THOUGH THE HEAVY RAINFALL AS ENDED...FOR THE MOST AREAS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. THERE ARE
MANY PRIMARY AND SECONDARY ROADS STILL INUNDATED WITH HIGH WATER
ACROSS THE REGION. A NUMBER OF SMALLER CREEKS...STREAMS REMAIN AT
OR ABOVE BANKFULL IN MANY LOCATIONS. CAUSE MUST BE USED...
ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT...WHEN WATER COVERS THE ROAD. DO NOT CROSS
ROADWAYS THAT HAVE BARRICADES AND ARE COVERED WITH ROADS.
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.
MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. UNTIL THE
WATER RECEDES...FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND
UNDERPASSES WILL BE POSSIBLE. COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO
FLOODING.
LAT...LON 3316 9215 3337 9255 3338 9310 3379 9310
3386 9329 3425 9350 3478 9339 3508 9289
3572 9280 3579 9242 3597 9241 3612 9218
3587 9189 3589 9104 3492 9114 3447 9101
3355 9123 3360 9144 3339 9145 3340 9196
$$ HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK Issue Date: 739 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 Expiration: 500 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 Expires:200912251100;;
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
715 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
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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-
715 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM OVER ARKANSAS THIS EVENING WILL CONTINUE TO
MOVE NORTHEAST INTO THE SOUTHERN PART OF MISSOURI BY CHRISTMAS
MORNING.
MODERATE TO OCCASIONAL HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES OVER NORTH CENTRAL
ARKANSAS THIS EVENING AS THE STORM ROTATES OVER NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
THIS EVENING. WHILE MOST OF THE WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ENDED
OR WILL END SHORTLY...WIDESPREAD RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL
HOURS THIS EVENING...WITH AN AREAL FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FOR A
GOOD PORTION OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN ARKANSAS THROUGH THE EARLY
MORNING HOURS.
STRONG WESTERLY WINDS BEHIND THE ASSOCIATED SURFACE COLD FRONT WILL
USHER IN MUCH COLDER AIR INTO THE NATURAL STATE THIS EVENING AND
OVERNIGHT. WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT WILL BLOW BETWEEN 20 AND 30
MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH. AS SUCH A LAKE WIND ADVISORY
REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY.
RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW THIS EVENING AS THE COLDER AIR SWEEPS
IN. THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE OVER THE FAR NORTHWEST CORNER
OF THE FORECAST AREA WHERE AS MUCH AS 6 INCHES OF SNOW COULD FALL.
SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE NORTH OF A MENA
TO ASH FLAT LINE WITH UPWARDS ON AN INCH FROM GLENWOOD TO PERRYVILLE
TO BATESVILLE WITH A DUSTING FURTHER SOUTH. NUMEROUS WINTER WEATHER
WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES REMAIN IN EFFECT THROUGH THE NIGHT.
.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 IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.
HOWEVER...REPORTS OF FLOODING...TIMING WHEN RAIN CHANGES TO SLEET OR
SNOW...AND SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE APPRECIATED.
&&
VISIT NWS LITTLE ROCK ON THE WEB. GO TO WEATHER.GOV AND CLICK ON
CENTRAL ARKANSAS.
$$ LAKE WIND ADVISORY Issue Date: 309 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 Expiration: 600 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...A LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS POSTED FOR MUCH OF ARKANSAS
THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY...
.A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM WILL TRACK FROM NORTHERN ARKANSAS INTO
THE UPPER MIDWEST THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY. THE SYSTEM WILL BRING
GUSTY WINDS TO ARKANSAS.
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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
309 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
...LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY...
A LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY.
* WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG AND GUSTY THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY.
* SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH TODAY WILL SHIFT TO THE
WEST AND NORTHWEST TONIGHT...AND WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH.
GUSTS COULD EXCEED 40 MPH IN SOME AREAS. WEST WINDS AT 15 TO 25
MPH WILL CONTINUE ON CHRISTMAS DAY.
* 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.
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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