Flash flood warning for Garland County

Issued by The National Weather Service

Little Rock, AR

Tue, Aug 13, 2013, 9:27 AM CDT

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... EASTERN SCOTT COUNTY IN WESTERN ARKANSAS... NORTHEASTERN POLK COUNTY IN WESTERN ARKANSAS... NORTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN WESTERN ARKANSAS... SOUTHWESTERN PERRY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS... SOUTHWESTERN YELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS... WESTERN GARLAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS...

* UNTIL 1230 PM CDT

* AT 926 AM CDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS... PRODUCING MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL... ACROSS PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS. TWO TO FIVE INCHES OF RAIN HAS OCCURED DURING THE PAST 24 HOURS... AND ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL BE MOVING INTO THE WARNED AREA THIS MORNING.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... WALDRON... MT IDA... LAKE OUACHITA... ODEN... MUDDY CREEK WMA... MEYERS... MAULDIN... LENA LNDG REC AREA... GRAVELLY... GAP CREEK REC AREA... CARDIFF... Y CITY... WASHITA... UNION HILL... STORY... SIMS... SILVER... PENCIL BLUFF...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS... COUNTRY ROADS... AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.