THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS, NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS, AND WESTERN ARKANSAS,
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS, IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS, CONWAY, FAULKNER, GARLAND, LONOKE, PERRY, POPE,
PULASKI, SALINE, WHITE, AND YELL. IN NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS, BAXTER, BOONE, CLEBURNE, FULTON, INDEPENDENCE,
IZARD, MARION, NEWTON, SEARCY, SHARP, STONE, AND VAN BUREN. IN WESTERN ARKANSAS, JOHNSON, LOGAN,
MONTGOMERY, POLK, AND SCOTT.
* FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING
* HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FROM NORTHWEST TO CENTRAL ARKANSAS FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY
MORNING. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO CLIMB INTO THE 4 TO 6 INCH RANGE WHICH WILL ALLOW FOR
FLASH FLOODING ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ARKANSAS.
* LOW – LYING AND URBAN AREAS WILL BE THE FIRST TO FLOOD. IF YOU HAVE PLANS TO CAMP ACROSS ARKANSAS THIS
WEEKEND, DO NOT CAMP IN LOW – LYING AREAS OR NEAR DRY CREEK BEDS, AND MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A WAY TO RECEIVE
WEATHER WARNINGS. FLASH FLOODING WILL BE LIKELY IN THE TERRAIN OF THE OUACHITA AND OZARK MOUNTAIN AREAS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A
VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED
Flash Flood Watch
Beginning: 2018 – 09 – 20T19:15:00
Ending: 2018 – 09 – 23T12:00:00
New Alert Issued: 215 PM CDT THU SEP 20 2018
Boone – Marion – Baxter – Fulton – Sharp – Newton – Searcy – Stone – Izard – Independence – Johnson – Pope – Van Buren – Cleburne – Logan – Conway – Faulkner – White – Scott – Yell – Perry – Polk – Montgomery – Garland – Saline – Pulaski – Lonoke
Including The Cities Of Harrison, Omaha, Lead Hill, Bull Shoals, Flippin, Yellville, Summit, Mountain Home, Norfork, Gassville, Mammoth Spring, Viola, Salem, Cave City, Ash Flat, Hardy, Jasper, Western Grove, Deer, Marshall, Leslie, Gilbert, Mountain View, Fox, Timbo, Allison, Horseshoe Bend, Melbourne, Calico Rock, Oxford, Batesville, Oil Trough, Pleasant Plains, Clarksville, Ozone, Coal Hill, Russellville, Hector, Pelsor, Dover, Fairfield Bay, Clinton, Bee Branch, Damascus, Heber Springs, Greers Ferry, Drasco, Booneville, Paris, Mount Magazine, Morrilton, Center Ridge, Hattieville, Conway, Greenbrier, Vilonia, Mayflower, Searcy, Beebe, El Paso, Rose Bud, Georgetown, Waldron, Y City, Parks, Cauthron, Black Fork, Dardanelle, Danville, Ola, Gravelly, Perryville, Fourche Junction, Houston, Cove, Mena, Big Fork, Vandervoort, Wickes, Mount Ida, Norman, Pine Ridge, Washita, Hot Springs, Hot Springs Village, Jessieville, Pearcy, Royal, Benton, Bryant, Bauxite, Avilla, Haskell, Paron, Little Rock, North Little Rock, Sherwood, Maumelle, Jacksonville, Wrightsville, Cabot, Lonoke, England, and Humnoke