FLASH FLOOD WATCH Warning Issue Date: 237 PM CDT WED AUG 20 2008
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS...EASTERN ARKANSAS...SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS AND WESTERN ARKANSAS...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS...GARLAND...GRANT...LONOKE...PERRY...PRAIRIE... PULASKI...SALINE AND YELL. IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...MONROE. 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...LOGAN...MONTGOMERY...POLK AND SCOTT. * THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH ARKANSAS DUE TO A STALLED AREA OF LOW PRESSURE LOCATED OVER NORTH TEXAS AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA. WITH THE GROUND ALREADY SATURATED FROM PREVIOUS RAINFALL...ADDITIONAL RAINFALL COULD LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. * AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO ONE AND A HALF INCHES OF RAINFALL IS EXPECTED OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH ARKANSAS THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE WHERE THIS AMOUNT OF RAIN FALLS ON ALREADY SATURATED GROUND. 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. $$ 51
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