Flood watch for August 30

FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE

LITTLE ROCK AR 135 AM CDT

THU AUG 30 2012 ...TROPICAL STORM ISAAC TO BRING HEAVY RAINFALL TO ARKANSAS... .THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM ISAAC ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTH OVER PORTIONS OF THE STATE LATE TODAY THROUGH MUCH OF FRIDAY. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR MANY LOCATIONS OF THE STATE...WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO OVER 5 INCHES EXPECTED. SOME LOCATIONS COULD SEE LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF WELL OVER 5 INCHES BY FRIDAY NIGHT. RIGHT NOW...THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR ACROSS CENTRAL SECTIONS OF THE STATE FROM SOUTH TO NORTH...OR GENERALLY ALONG AND IN VICINITY OF A LINE FROM MOUNTAIN HOME...TO RUSSELLVILLE...TO HOT SPRINGS...TO CAMDEN. TERRAIN IN THESE REGIONS OF THE STATE WILL ALSO PLAY AN INCREASING ROLE IN THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT. WHILE THE ONGOING DROUGHT WILL TEND TO KEEP THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING DOWN INITIALLY...THE VERY HEAVY AND PERSISTENT RAINFALL EXPECTED WILL DRAMATICALLY INCREASE THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT OVER TIME.

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...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT

... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES 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 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT * HEAVY RAINFALL OF 2 TO OVER 5 INCHES IS EXPECTED LATE TODAY THROUGH MUCH OF FRIDAY AS THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM ISAAC TRACK NORTHWARD OVER ARKANSAS. SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WELL OVER 5 INCHES COULD BE SEEN...ESPECIALLY OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF THE STATE. AS A RESULT...FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE. 

* EVEN WITH THE ONGOING DROUGHT CONDITIONS ACROSS MUCH OF ARKANSAS...HEAVY RAINFALL AT ANY TIME CAN LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. 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.