[PBARC] Hazardous Weather Outlook

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
500 AM CST MON JAN 3 2005

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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 CST MON JAN 3 2005

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

DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR TODAY FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND
WESTERN ARKANSAS. THIS INCLUDES AREAS WEST OF A LINE FROM
ARKADELPHIA...TO LITTLE ROCK...TO NEWPORT.

A STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL CONTINUE TO MEANDER AROUND JUST TO
THE NORTHWEST OF ARKANSAS TODAY AND FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.
UPPER LEVEL FLOW WILL REMAIN OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST...BRINGING
ABUNDANT MOISTURE UP OVER THE STATE. SEVERAL SYSTEMS WILL MOVE UP
FROM THE SOUTHWEST...AND ACROSS ARKANSAS. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR LIKELY
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER MUCH OF THE STATE THROUGH TONIGHT.

SOME AREAS OF ARKANSAS...PARTICULARLY THE NORTH AND WEST...COULD
RECEIVE AS MUCH AS ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAINFALL THROUGH TONIGHT.
WITH ALREADY SATURATED GROUND...PONDING OF WATER ON STREETS AND IN
LOW LYING AREAS WILL EASILY OCCUR. LOW WATER CROSSINGS WILL ALSO BE
A PROBLEM...AND SHOULD BE AVOIDED. EXCESSIVE RAINFALL COULD ALSO
CAUSE RISES ON STREAMS AND CREEKS.

DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY. AN
ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE AGAIN...MAINLY
OVER NORTHERN ARKANSAS. THE COLD FRONT WILL FINALLY MOVE ACROSS
ARKANSAS ON WEDNESDAY...WITH RAINFALL GRADUALLY TAPERING OFF AND
COMING TO AN END LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS...LOCAL OFFICIALS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS NEED TO BE AWARE OF
THE POSSIBILITY OF HEAVY RAINFALL AND POTENTIAL FLOODING PROBLEMS
THROUGH TONIGHT. SPOTTERS SHOULD REPORT ANY FLOODING TO THE NEAREST
LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY REPORTS TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN LITTLE ROCK.

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73,
Glenn