Flash flood watch for this area

Flash Flood Watch
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
429 AM CDT TUE APR 26 2011

...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL TODAY AND TONIGHT WILL LIKELY LEAD TO
SIGNIFICANT...WIDESPREAD FLASH FLOODING...

...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...

.A STORM SYSTEM WILL TRACK FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS INTO CENTRAL
ARKANSAS TONIGHT. THE SYSTEM WILL INTERACT WITH A FRONTAL BOUNDARY
ACROSS THE STATE TO BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS BY THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE NIGHTTIME HOURS.
AVAILABLE MOISTURE WILL BE SUBSTANTIAL...AND THIS WILL MAKE
THUNDERSTORMS MORE EFFICIENT RAIN PRODUCERS. SEVERAL INCHES OF
RAIN ARE EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY IN THE SOUTHEAST HALF OF THE STATE.
HIGH WATER PROBLEMS WILL LIKELY BECOME WIDESPREAD.

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ARKANSAS-CLARK-CLEBURNE-CLEVELAND-CONWAY-DALLAS-FAULKNER-GARLAND-
GRANT-HOT SPRING-INDEPENDENCE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-LINCOLN-LOGAN-
LONOKE-MONROE-MONTGOMERY-PERRY-PIKE-POLK-POPE-PRAIRIE-PULASKI-
SALINE-SCOTT-VAN BUREN-WHITE-WOODRUFF-YELL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALTHEIMER...AMITY...ARKADELPHIA...
AUGUSTA...AVILLA...BATESVILLE...BAUXITE...BEE BRANCH...BEEBE...
BENTON...BISMARCK...BONNERDALE...BOONEVILLE...BRINKLEY...BRYANT...
CABOT...CENTER RIDGE...CLARENDON...CLINTON...CONWAY...
COTTON PLANT...DANVILLE...DARDANELLE...DE VALLS BLUFF...DE WITT...
DES ARC...DONALDSON...DRASCO...EL PASO...ENGLAND...
FAIRFIELD BAY...FORDYCE...FOURCHE JUNCTION...GEORGETOWN...
GILLETT...GLENWOOD...GOULD...GRADY...GRAVELLY...GREENBRIER...
GREERS FERRY...GURDON...HASKELL...HAZEN...HEBER SPRINGS...
HECTOR...HOT SPRINGS...HOT SPRINGS VILLAGE...HOUSTON...HUMNOKE...
HUMPHREY...JACKSONVILLE...JESSIEVILLE...KINGSLAND...LEOLA...
LITTLE ROCK...LONOKE...MALVERN...MAUMELLE...MAYFLOWER...MCCRORY...
MENA...MORRILTON...MOUNT IDA...MOUNT MAGAZINE...MURFREESBORO...
NEWPORT...NORMAN...NORTH LITTLE ROCK...OIL TROUGH...OKOLONA...
OLA...PARIS...PARON...PELSOR...PERRYVILLE...PINE BLUFF...
PINE RIDGE...PLEASANT PLAINS...POYEN...PRATTSVILLE...REDFIELD...
RISON...ROSE BUD...RUSSELLVILLE...SEARCY...SHERIDAN...SHERWOOD...
STAR CITY...STUTTGART...SWIFTON...TUCKERMAN...VILONIA...WALDRON...
WICKES...WRIGHTSVILLE...Y CITY
429 AM CDT TUE APR 26 2011

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT 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...CLEBURNE...INDEPENDENCE AND VAN BUREN. IN
SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...ARKANSAS...CLEVELAND...JEFFERSON AND
LINCOLN. IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...CLARK...DALLAS...HOT SPRING
AND PIKE. IN WESTERN ARKANSAS...LOGAN...MONTGOMERY...POLK AND
SCOTT.

* THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING

* THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SERIOUS FLOOD
ISSUES MAY DEVELOP IN SOME AREAS...INCLUDING HIGH WATER
RESCUES AND ROAD CLOSURES.

* THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR AN ADDITIONAL TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF
RAIN AND LOCALLY MORE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING IN THE WATCH
AREA. MUCH OF THE AREA HAS ALREADY RECEIVED HEAVY TO EXCESSIVE
RAINFALL. THE GROUND HAS BECOME SATURATED AND CANNOT HOLD MUCH
MORE WATER. THIS WILL INCREASE THE RUNOFF POTENTIAL...AND THE
CONCERN FOR FLASH FLOODING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE
PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.
REMEMBER THAT HALF OF ALL FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN
AUTOMOBILES. IF YOU ARE DRIVING AND ENCOUNTER A WATER COVERED
ROAD...STOP. TURN AROUND...DON`T DROWN.