Weather update

Issued by The National Weather Service
Little Rock, AR

Fri, Sep 20, 2013, 11:10 AM CDT

... HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CAUSE SOME TREES TO FALL IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ARKANSAS...

AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN WILL PERSIST THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ARKANSAS. AT TIMES... THE RAIN WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY WIND GUSTS OF 20 TO 30 MPH.

THE HEAVY RAIN AND WIND WILL BE SUFFICIENT TO BRING DOWN SOME TREES... ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN WEAKENED BY THE RECENT DROUGHT. THE TREES THAT FALL WILL ALSO TAKE DOWN POWER LINES IN SOME AREAS... BUT NO WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES ARE EXPECTED.

ARKANSAS 84 NEAR BISMARCK WAS BLOCKED TWICE BY FALLING TREES THIS MORNING.

MOTORISTS WILL NEED TO BE ON THE ALERT FOR FALLEN LIMBS OR TREES THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING.