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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1158 AM CDT THU JUN 10 2010

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF ARKANSAS FROM
NOON TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING...

.A FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF ARKANSAS DUE TO
THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE FLASH FLOODING OVER
PARTS OF THE STATE. AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER
NORTHEAST TEXAS WILL GRADUALLY MOVE NORTHEAST INTO ARKANSAS TODAY
AND THROUGH FRIDAY...AND BRING PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN TO THE STATE.
THE HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE SOME FLOODING AND FLASH FLOODING TO
MATERIALIZE OVER PARTS OF ARKANSAS...ESPECIALLY OVER THE
SOUTHWEST...CENTRAL...AND NORTHEAST. THE TRACK OF THE LOW WILL BE
FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST ARKANSAS THROUGH FRIDAY. OVERALL RAIN
AMOUNTS WILL BE FROM ONE TO THREE INCHES...WITH ISOLATED AREAS
AROUND 4 INCHES FOR THE ENTIRE 24 HOUR TO 36 HOUR PERIOD. THERE IS
SOME UNCERTAINTY IN THE EXACT MOVEMENT AND SPEED OF THE UPPER LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM...AND THE PRECISE AREAS THAT WILL RECEIVE THE RAIN 
AND THE AMOUNT OF RAINFALL WILL HAVE TO BE MONITORED. AREA
RESIDENTS SHOULD MONITOR FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS DURING
THIS HEAVY RAIN EVENT.

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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...ALTHEIMER...AMITY...ARKADELPHIA...
ARKANSAS CITY...ASH FLAT...AUGUSTA...AVILLA...BATESVILLE...
BAUXITE...BEARDEN...BEE BRANCH...BEEBE...BENTON...BISMARCK...
BONNERDALE...BOONEVILLE...BRINKLEY...BRYANT...BULL SHOALS...
CABOT...CALICO ROCK...CAMDEN...CAVE CITY...CENTER RIDGE...
CHIDESTER...CLARENDON...CLARKSVILLE...CLINTON...CONWAY...
COTTON PLANT...DANVILLE...DARDANELLE...DE VALLS BLUFF...DE WITT...
DEER...DES ARC...DONALDSON...DRASCO...DUMAS...EL PASO...ENGLAND...
FAIRFIELD BAY...FLIPPIN...FORDYCE...FOURCHE JUNCTION...
GASSVILLE...GEORGETOWN...GILLETT...GLENWOOD...GOULD...GRADY...
GRAVELLY...GREENBRIER...GREERS FERRY...GURDON...HAMPTON...HARDY...
HARRISON...HASKELL...HAZEN...HEBER SPRINGS...HECTOR...HERMITAGE...
HORSESHOE BEND...HOT SPRINGS...HOT SPRINGS VILLAGE...HOUSTON...
HUMNOKE...HUMPHREY...JACKSONVILLE...JASPER...JESSIEVILLE...
KINGSLAND...LACEY...LEAD HILL...LEOLA...LESLIE...LITTLE ROCK...
LONOKE...MALVERN...MAMMOTH SPRING...MARSHALL...MAUMELLE...
MAYFLOWER...MCCRORY...MCGEHEE...MELBOURNE...MENA...MONTICELLO...
MORO BAY...MORRILTON...MOUNT IDA...MOUNT MAGAZINE...
MOUNTAIN HOME...MOUNTAIN VIEW...MURFREESBORO...NEWPORT...
NORFORK...NORMAN...NORTH LITTLE ROCK...OIL TROUGH...OKOLONA...
OLA...OMAHA...OXFORD...OZONE...PARIS...PARON...PELSOR...
PERRYVILLE...PINE BLUFF...PINE RIDGE...PLEASANT PLAINS...POYEN...
PRATTSVILLE...REDFIELD...RISON...ROHWER...ROSE BUD...
RUSSELLVILLE...SALEM...SEARCY...SHERIDAN...SHERWOOD...STAR CITY...
STEPHENS...STUTTGART...SUMMIT...SWIFTON...THORNTON...TUCKERMAN...
VILONIA...VIOLA...WALDRON...WARREN...WESTERN GROVE...WICKES...
WRIGHTSVILLE...Y CITY...YELLVILLE
1158 AM CDT THU JUN 10 2010

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH 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.

* THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING

* AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER NORTHEAST TEXAS WILL
  GRADUALLY MOVE NORTHEAST INTO ARKANSAS TODAY AND THROUGH
  FRIDAY...AND BRING PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN TO THE STATE. THE HEAVY
  RAIN WILL CAUSE SOME FLOODING AND FLASH FLOODING TO MATERIALIZE
  OVER PARTS OF ARKANSAS...ESPECIALLY OVER THE SOUTHWEST...
  CENTRAL...AND NORTHEAST. THE TRACK OF THE LOW WILL BE FROM
  SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST ARKANSAS THROUGH FRIDAY.

* OVERALL RAIN AMOUNTS WILL BE FROM ONE TO THREE INCHES...WITH
  ISOLATED AREAS AROUND 4 INCHES FOR THE ENTIRE 24 HOUR TO 36 HOUR
  PERIOD. THERE IS SOME UNCERTAINTY IN THE EXACT MOVEMENT AND
  SPEED OF THE UPPER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM...AND THE PRECISE AREAS
  THAT WILL RECEIVE THE RAIN AND THE AMOUNT OF RAINFALL WILL HAVE
  TO BE MONITORED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
AREA ROADWAYS MAY HAVE PONDING OF WATER ON THEM...AND WATER MAY
SETTLE IN LOW LYING AREAS. 

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

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