FLOOD WARNING
Issue Date: 759 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
Expiration: 1049 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2009

...FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK...THE FLOOD
WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN ARKANSAS...
  LITTLE MISSOURI RIVER NEAR BOUGHTON AFFECTING NEVADA...OUACHITA AND
  CLARK COUNTIES
  SALINE RIVER AT BENTON AFFECTING SALINE COUNTY
  SALINE RIVER NEAR RYE AFFECTING DREW...ASHLEY...BRADLEY AND
  CLEVELAND COUNTIES
RIVER FORECASTS ARE BASED ON CURRENT CONDITIONS AND RAINFALL
FORECASTED TO OCCUR OVER THE NEXT 12 HOURS. DURING PERIODS OF
FLOODING...EVENING FORECASTS ARE REISSUED WITH UPDATED RAINFALL
FORECASTS.
OBSERVED AND FORECASTED STAGE DATA PLOTS ARE AVAILABLE ON OUR
ADVANCED HYDROLOGIC PREDICTION SERVICE WEB PAGE AT...
WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/LZK
UNDER THE CURRENT CONDITIONS SECTION...SELECT RIVER AND LAKES AHPS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SAFETY MESSAGE...REMEMBER TO TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN
DO NOT DRIVE CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.
EVERYONE WITH PROPERTY OR OTHER INTEREST ALONG STREAMS AND RIVERS
SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER FORECAST. SHOULD CONDITIONS
CHANGE...LOOK FOR RIVER FORECAST OR FLOOD WARNINGS FOR USE IN MAKING
INFORMED DECISIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.
&&
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758 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE SALINE RIVER AT BENTON.
* UNTIL SATURDAY EVENING...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT  7:30 AM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 23.6 FEET AND CRESTED.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 18.0 FEET.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY
  THIS EVENING.
&&
             FLD  OBSERVED                  FORECAST 6AM
LOCATION     STG  STG  DAY TIME    SAT    SUN    MON    TUE    WED
SALINE RIVER
  BENTON      18  23.6 FRI 07 AM   11.3    6.9    5.6    5.2    4.9
$$

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 942 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
Expiration: 500 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2009

Expires:200912261100;;
FLUS44 KLZK 251539
HWOLZK
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
945 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-261100-
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-
945 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
LOW PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO LIFT NORTH INTO THE MIDWEST TODAY.
WHILE PRECIPITATION CHANCES HAVE ENDED...IT WILL REMAIN WINDY AND
COLDER ACROSS THE STATE. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY CONTINUES THROUGH THE
DAY WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH AND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 30
MPH. WINDS WILL SLOWLY DECREASE DURING THE AFTERNOON.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
HIGH PRESSURE WILL SLOWLY BUILD OVER THE REGION FROM THE WEST
SUNDAY. BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. DRY
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE WEEKEND.
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: 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.
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