Flood Warning

FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1112 AM CDT WED JUL 30 2014

...FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK...THE FLOOD
WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVER IN ARKANSAS...

  CACHE RIVER NEAR PATTERSON AFFECTING JACKSON AND WOODRUFF COUNTIES


RIVER FORECASTS ARE BASED ON CURRENT CONDITIONS AND RAINFALL
FORECASTED TO OCCUR OVER THE NEXT 12 HOURS. DURING PERIODS OF
FLOODING...EVENING FORECASTS ARE REISSUED WITH UPDATED RAINFALL
FORECASTS.

OBSERVED AND FORECASTED STAGE DATA PLOTS ARE AVAILABLE ON OUR
ADVANCED HYDROLOGIC PREDICTION SERVICE WEB PAGE AT...
WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/LZK
UNDER THE CURRENT CONDITIONS SECTION...SELECT RIVER AND LAKES AHPS.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SAFETY MESSAGE...REMEMBER TO TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN
DO NOT DRIVE CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.

EVERYONE WITH PROPERTY OR OTHER INTEREST ALONG STREAMS AND RIVERS
SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER FORECAST. SHOULD CONDITIONS
CHANGE...LOOK FOR RIVER FORECAST OR FLOOD WARNINGS FOR USE IN MAKING
INFORMED DECISIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.


&&

ARC067-147-310712-
/O.EXT.KLZK.FL.W.0043.000000T0000Z-140802T1200Z/
/PTTA4.1.ER.140728T0900Z.140730T0000Z.140801T0600Z.NO/
1112 AM CDT WED JUL 30 2014

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE CACHE RIVER NEAR PATTERSON.
* UNTIL SATURDAY MORNING...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 10:00 AM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.5 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 8.0 FEET.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER HAS CRESTED NEAR CREST 8.5 FEET AND IS BEGINNING
  A SLOW FALL. THE RIVER WILL REMAIN ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THROUGH THE
  NEXT FEW DAYS.
* IMPACTS AT 8.0 FEET...LOW SWAMPY TIMBERLAND ALONG THE RIVER BEGINS
  TO FLOOD. FLOOD GATES SHOULD BE CLOSED AND EQUIPMENT MOVED OUT OF
  THE LOW GROUNDS ALONG THE RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES.

&&


             FLD  OBSERVED                  FORECAST 7AM
LOCATION     STG  STG  DAY TIME    THU    FRI    SAT    SUN    MON

CACHE RIVER
  PATTERSON    8   8.5 WED 10 AM    8.3    7.8    7.3    6.8    6.1


&&


LAT...LON 3510 9133 3522 9128 3539 9123 3538 9113
      3521 9117 3508 9122



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Hazardous Weather Outlook

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
500 AM CDT WED JUL 30 2014

ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-311000-
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-
500 AM CDT WED JUL 30 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

RAIN CHANCES RETURN TO MUCH OF ARKANSAS THIS MORNING AS A STORM
SYSTEM LIFTS OUT OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AND MOVES TOWARD ARKANSAS.
RAIN WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE STATE WEST TO EAST THROUGH THE DAY. RAIN
CHANCES WILL INCREASE LATE IN THE DAY AND OVERNIGHT...AND BECOME
HEAVIER. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY
MORNING FOR PARTS OF WEST ARKANSAS WHERE ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN
COULD FALL...WITH SOME PLACES GETTING OVER 3 INCHES OF RAIN. AN
ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MAY ALSO BE SEEN...BUT
WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER DOES NOT APPEAR LIKELY. RESIDENTS SHOULD
MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THE RAIN WILL CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY AND MAINLY AFFECT CENTRAL AND
SOUTH SECTIONS OF THE STATE. THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING AN ADDITIONAL 1
TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE SOUTH. SLIGHT RAIN
CHANCES WILL CONTINUE IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH SECTIONS FRIDAY BEFORE
COMING TO AN END. SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY IS EXPECTED TO BE DRY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

&&

VISIT NWS LITTLE ROCK ON THE WEB. GO TO HTTP://WEATHER.GOV AND
CLICK ON CENTRAL ARKANSAS.

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