2 products issued by NWS for:
Flash Flood Watch
FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 652 AM CDT TUE MAY 21 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE NORTHERN TWO THIRDS OF ARKANSAS... ARZ003>007-012>015-021>023-030-031-212100- /O.CON.KLZK.FF.A.0002.000000T0000Z-130522T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BAXTER-BOONE-CONWAY-FULTON-IZARD-JOHNSON-LOGAN-MARION-NEWTON-POPE- SEARCY-SHARP-STONE-VAN BUREN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASH FLAT...BEE BRANCH...BOONEVILLE... BULL SHOALS...CALICO ROCK...CAVE CITY...CENTER RIDGE... CLARKSVILLE...CLINTON...DEER...FAIRFIELD BAY...FLIPPIN... GASSVILLE...HARDY...HARRISON...HECTOR...HORSESHOE BEND...JASPER... LEAD HILL...LESLIE...MAMMOTH SPRING...MARSHALL...MELBOURNE... MORRILTON...MOUNT MAGAZINE...MOUNTAIN HOME...MOUNTAIN VIEW... NORFORK...OMAHA...OXFORD...OZONE...PARIS...PELSOR... RUSSELLVILLE...SALEM...SUMMIT...VIOLA...WESTERN GROVE...YELLVILLE 652 AM CDT TUE MAY 21 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS...NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS AND WESTERN ARKANSAS...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS...CONWAY AND POPE. IN NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS... BAXTER...BOONE...FULTON...IZARD...MARION...NEWTON...SEARCY... SHARP...STONE AND VAN BUREN. IN WESTERN ARKANSAS...JOHNSON AND LOGAN. * THROUGH THIS EVENING * SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT. AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN WILL BE LIKELY TODAY THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL AVERAGE BETWEEN 1 TO 2 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 4 INCHES POSSIBLE. * EXTREMELY HIGH AMOUNTS OF MOISTURE...COMBINED WITH SEVERAL ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALLOW FOR EXCESSIVE RAINFALL AND THE POTENTIAL FOR HIGH WATER PROBLEMS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED. && $$
Hazardous Weather Outlook
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 429 AM CDT TUE MAY 21 2013 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-221000- 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- 429 AM CDT TUE MAY 21 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS WESTERN ARKANSAS EARLY THIS MORNING WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST AND NORTHEAST OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. THERE WILL CONTINUE TO BE SOME POTENTIAL FOR STRONG TO SEVERE WEATHER WITH THIS ACTIVITY OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS...WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS. SOME HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE...LEADING TO LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING AS THESE STORMS MOVE OVER AREAS THAT SAW SOME HEAVY RAINFALL ON MONDAY EVENING. EXPECT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO REDEVELOP LATER THIS MORNING AND ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS AS A POTENT STORM SYSTEM TO THE WEST MOVES OVER ARKANSAS. ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO DEVELOP WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE WITH HIGH LEVELS OF INSTABILITY AND MOISTURE IN PLACE. THE MAIN THREATS WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND DESTRUCTIVE LARGE HAIL. THE POTENTIAL FOR TORNADOES WILL EXIST...ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN SECTIONS OF THE STATE WHERE THE BEST COMBINATION OF INSTABILITY AND LOW LEVEL SHEAR WILL COINCIDE. DUE TO THE HIGH LEVELS OF MOISTURE IN PLACE...AND WITH MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED...THERE WILL BE A THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING AS SOME LOCATIONS COULD SEE SEVERAL INCHES OF RAINFALL IN A SHORT TIME FRAME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DECREASE BEGINNING ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AS MORE STABLE AND DRIER AIR MOVES INTO THE STATE. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE STATE FOR FRIDAY...BUT CHANCES FOR PRECIPITATION WILL BE LIMITED TO THE SOUTH AND WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE STATE. AT THIS TIME...THE THREAT FOR WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE LOW LATE THIS WEEK AND INTO THE WEEKEND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT. && VISIT NWS LITTLE ROCK ON THE WEB. GO TO HTTP://WEATHER.GOV AND CLICK ON CENTRAL ARKANSAS. $$ 62