FLOOD WARNING
Issue Date: 634 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
Expiration: 1030 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009

FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
634 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
ARC013-019-025-039-051-053-059-097-103-109-125-241630-
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634 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS IN...
SOUTHEASTERN GARLAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS
GRANT COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS
SOUTH CENTRAL SALINE COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS
EXTREME NORTHWESTERN CLEVELAND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS
WESTERN 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
PIKE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS
EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN WESTERN ARKANSAS
* UNTIL 1030 AM CST
* AT 627 AM CST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED
TO INDICATE A LARGE AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE
AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF THREE TO SIX INCHES HAVE BEEN REPORTED
SINCE LATE WEDNESDAY. LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH MID MORNING. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF
RIVERS...STREAMS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS OVER CENTRAL AND
SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNED AREA INCLUDE MALVERN...
SHERIDAN...ARKADELPHIA...GLENWOOD...AND CAMDEN.
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.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE WARNED AREA.
LAT...LON 3338 9310 3379 9309 3385 9328 3397 9338
3401 9381 3418 9381 3419 9392 3435 9393
3439 9295 3451 9291 3451 9273 3441 9268
3449 9221 3407 9223 3406 9247 3372 9258
3365 9273 3355 9277 3344 9269 3337 9256
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FLASH FLOOD WARNING
Issue Date: 408 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
Expiration: 1130 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009

Expires:200912241730;;
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
405 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL HOT SPRING COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS
* UNTIL 1130 AM CST
* AT 404 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS
  WERE CONTINUING TO MONITOR RELEASES FROM REMMEL DAM...DUE TO THE
  HEAVY RAINFALL THAT FELL ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT.
* THE SITUATION ALONG THE OUACHITA RIVER IN HOT SPRING COUNTY IS
  BECOMING MORE SERIOUS. THE CURRENT FLOW RATE FROM REMMEL DAM IS
  NOW 56 THOUSAND CUBIC FEET PER SECOND. SOME RESIDENCES IN THE
  FLOOD PLAIN MAY BECOME CUT OFF DUE TO LOW LYING ROADS FLOODING.
  LIVESTOCK AND PROPERTY SHOULD BE MOVED OUT OF THE FLOODPLAIN.
  FLOODED ROADWAYS SHOULD BE AVOIDED. DRIVING INTO FLOODED ROADWAYS
  IS ONE OF THE TOP WEATHER RELATED KILLERS. REMEMBER...TURN
  AROUND...DONT DROWN. INITIAL IMPACTS FROM THE INCREASED REMMEL DAM
  RELEASES WILL REACH THE BRIDGE ON INTERSTATE 30 NEAR MALVERN
  WITHIN 1 TO 2 HOURS...WITH MAXIMUM IMPACTS OCCURRING WITHIN THE
  NEXT 2 TO 3 HOURS. INITIAL IMPACTS WILL REACH DONALDSON WITHIN THE
  NEXT 3 TO 6 HOURS...WITH THE MAXIMUM IMPACTS OCCURRING WITHIN THE
  NEXT 6 TO 8 HOURS. IMPACTS WILL REACH FRIENDSHIP IN ABOUT 10 TO 12
  HOURS.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO AREAS
  ALONG THE OUACHITA RIVER NEAR OAK GROVE...MIDWAY...FRIENDSHIP AND
  JONES MILL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
&&
LAT...LON 3436 9291 3439 9286 3442 9292 3445 9288
      3444 9286 3440 9282 3423 9292 3421 9297
      3422 9301
$$

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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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.
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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.
$$
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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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