... Flash Flood Watch in effect from 1 PM CDT this afternoon
through Wednesday morning...
The National Weather Service in Little Rock has expanded the
* Flash Flood Watch to include portions of central Arkansas...
eastern Arkansas... north central Arkansas... southeast
Arkansas... southwest Arkansas and western Arkansas... including
the following areas... in central Arkansas... Faulkner...
Garland... Grant... Lonoke... Perry... prairie... Pulaski... Saline
and white. In eastern Arkansas... Jackson... Monroe and
Woodruff. In north central Arkansas... Cleburne and
Independence. In southeast Arkansas... Arkansas and Jefferson.
In southwest Arkansas... Clark... Hot Spring and Pike. In
western Arkansas... Montgomery.
* From 1 PM CDT this afternoon through Wednesday morning
* showers and thunderstorms will redevelop over the area today and
tonight. Areas of heavy rain will be likely this afternoon through
the overnight hours. Rainfall amounts will average between 1 to
2 inches... with locally higher amounts in excess of 4 inches
possible.
* Extremely high amounts of moisture... combined with several
rounds of thunderstorms will allow for excessive rainfall and
the potential for 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.
