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Flash Flood Watch
ARZ003>005-012-013-021-022-030-037-038-040-210930-
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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BAXTER-BOONE-JOHNSON-LOGAN-MARION-NEWTON-POLK-POPE-SCOTT-SEARCY-
YELL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOONEVILLE...BULL SHOALS...
CLARKSVILLE...DANVILLE...DARDANELLE...DEER...FLIPPIN...
GASSVILLE...GRAVELLY...HARRISON...HECTOR...JASPER...LEAD HILL...
LESLIE...MARSHALL...MENA...MOUNT MAGAZINE...MOUNTAIN HOME...
NORFORK...OLA...OMAHA...OZONE...PARIS...PELSOR...RUSSELLVILLE...
SUMMIT...WALDRON...WESTERN GROVE...WICKES...Y CITY...YELLVILLE
802 PM CDT MON MAY 20 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS...NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS AND
WESTERN ARKANSAS...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN CENTRAL
ARKANSAS...POPE AND YELL. IN NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS...BAXTER...
BOONE...MARION...NEWTON AND SEARCY. IN WESTERN ARKANSAS...
JOHNSON...LOGAN...POLK AND SCOTT.

* THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING

* SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BUILD OVER THE WATCH AREA
OVERNIGHT. WHILE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN TUESDAY
MORNING...STORMS WILL LIKELY REDEVELOP TUESDAY AFTERNOON. AREAS
OF HEAVY RAIN ARE LIKELY THROUGH TUESDAY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL
AVERAGE BETWEEN 1 TO 2 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IN
EXCESS OF 4 INCHES POSSIBLE.

* THE ATMOSPHERE IS ABNORMALLY MOIST...WHICH WILL MAKE
THUNDERSTORMS MORE EFFICIENT RAINMAKERS. THIS WILL INCREASE THE
CHANCES OF EXCESSIVE RAIN AND 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.

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Special Weather Statement
ARZ021-030-037-038-040-210840-
JOHNSON AR-LOGAN AR-POLK AR-SCOTT AR-YELL AR-
312 AM CDT TUE MAY 21 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN YELL...SCOTT...
EXTREME NORTHWESTERN POLK...LOGAN AND WESTERN JOHNSON COUNTIES UNTIL
345 AM CDT...

AT 307 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF
CHARLESTON TO 3 MILES SOUTH OF GREENWOOD TO 7 MILES WEST OF MORGAN
SPRINGS TO 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF MOUNTAIN FORK...AND MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 60 MPH.

HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WALDRON... PARIS... CLARKSVILLE...
BOONEVILLE... WOODLAND... TOKALON...
SUBIACO... STONEHOUSE REC AREA...
SPADRA... SCRANTON... RATCLIFF...
OLIVER... MT MAGAZINE... MORGAN SPRINGS...
MANSFIELD... MAGAZINE... LUDWIG LAKE...
LAMAR...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 44 AND 67.

THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED
ROADWAY...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN!

LAT...LON 3493 9445 3496 9441 3497 9424 3507 9425
3511 9415 3515 9414 3515 9404 3523 9404
3524 9393 3533 9391 3532 9382 3542 9381
3537 9375 3538 9371 3566 9371 3572 9335
3510 9336 3475 9379 3472 9446
TIME...MOT...LOC 0812Z 246DEG 60KT 3537 9401 3520 9414
3492 9436 3482 9452

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