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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
350 PM CST SAT MAR 30 2002

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT OVERNIGHT...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT TONIGHT. THE WATCH IS IN 
EFFECT FOR AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF LINE FROM CLARKSVILLE...TO 
CLINTON TO BATESVILLE. 

RAIN OVERSPREAD MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ARKANSAS FRIDAY NIGHT 
AND INTO SATURDAY MORNING. A REPEAT IS EXPECTED TONIGHT...WITH 
ADDITIONAL RAIN FALLING ON AN ALREADY SATURATED GROUND

THE EXPECTED RAIN WILL OCCUR NORTH OF A FRONTAL BOUNDARY WHICH IS 
PARKED OVER NORTHERN LOUISIANA. A STORM SYSTEM IN CENTRAL TEXAS WILL 
PRODUCE A SOUTHERLY WIND ALOFT...WHICH WILL BRING WARM AND MOIST AIR 
FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO OVER THE BOUNDARY. THE MOISTURE WILL 
ENCOUNTER COOLER AIR IN ARKANSAS...CAUSING THE MOISTURE TO CONDENSE 
INTO CLOUDS AND WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION.

IN NORTHERN ARKANSAS...HIGH PRESSURE WILL TRY TO BUILD INTO THE 
REGION FROM THE NORTH. THE HIGH WILL TEND TO KEEP WIDESPREAD 
PRECIPITATION OUT OF THE NORTHERN COUNTIES.

FARTHER SOUTH WHERE A WATCH IS POSTED...FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY 
CONSIDERING HOW MUCH RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN IN MARCH. MANY AREAS 
HAVE RECEIVED 100 TO 200 PERCENT OF NORMAL RAINFALL...WITH 200 TO 
300 PERCENT OF NORMAL VALUES IN PARTS OF SOUTHERN AND WESTERN 
ARKANSAS. THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT THE GROUND CANNOT HOLD MUCH MORE 
WATER...WITH CREEKS AND SMALL STREAMS RUNNING HIGH. ANY ADDITIONAL 
RAINFALL WILL AGGRAVATE ALREADY EXISTING HIGH WATER PROBLEMS. 

PEOPLE IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ARKANSAS SHOULD EXPECT WIDESPREAD 
RAIN TO REDEVELOP TONIGHT. THOSE NEAR CREEKS AND STREAMS ARE ADVISED 
TO MONITOR LEVELS CLOSELY...AND SHOULD BE READY TO SEEK HIGHER 
GROUND IF NECESSARY. TAKE NECESSARY ACTIONS IF A WARNING IS ISSUED 
FOR YOUR AREA. 

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