WGUS64 KLZK 012011 FFALZK URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Flood Watch National Weather Service Little Rock AR 311 PM CDT Tue Apr 1 2025 ARZ004>008-014>017-024-025-031>034-039-042>047-052>057-062>069-103- 112-113-121>123-130-137-138-140-141-203-212-213-221>223-230-237-238- 240-241-313-340-341-020415- /O.EXT.KLZK.FA.A.0003.250402T1800Z-250406T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Marion-Baxter-Fulton-Sharp-Randolph-Stone-Izard-Independence- Lawrence-Cleburne-Jackson-Conway-Faulkner-White-Woodruff-Perry- Garland-Saline-Pulaski-Lonoke-Prairie-Monroe-Pike-Clark-Hot Spring-Grant-Jefferson-Arkansas-Dallas-Cleveland-Lincoln-Desha- Ouachita-Calhoun-Bradley-Drew-Boone County Except Southwest- Newton County Higher Elevations-Searcy County Lower Elevations- Southern Johnson County-Southern Pope County-Southeast Van Buren County-Western and Northern Logan County-Northern Scott County- Northwest Yell County-Polk County Lower Elevations-Central and Eastern Montgomery County-Boone County Higher Elevations-Newton County Lower Elevations-Northwest Searcy County Higher Elevations- Johnson County Higher Elevations-Pope County Higher Elevations- Van Buren County Higher Elevations-Southern and Eastern Logan County-Central and Southern Scott County-Yell Excluding Northwest- Northern Polk County Higher Elevations-Northern Montgomery County Higher Elevations-Eastern, Central, and Southern Searcy County Higher Elevations-Southeast Polk County Higher Elevations- Southwest Montgomery County Higher Elevations- Including the cities of Dardanelle, Botkinburg, Cherokee Village, Camden, Boxley, Big Fork, Mountain View, Ola, Fairfield Bay, Ash Flat, Marshall, Havana, Melbourne, Arkadelphia, Searcy, De Valls Bluff, Little Rock, Saint Joe, Nunley, Blue Mountain, Morrilton, Clinton, Gilbert, Knoxville, Mansfield, Pelsor, Sheridan, Scotland, Waveland, McGehee, Atkins, Heber Springs, Glenwood, Mammoth Spring, Bull Shoals, Ponca, Hardy, Clarendon, Coal Hill, Hartman, Subiaco, Norman, Cotton Plant, Gould, Malvern, Arbaugh, Pindall, Stuttgart, Shirley, Pine Bluff, Attica, Harrison, Des Arc, Murfreesboro, Dumas, Booneville, Leslie, Hartley, Benton, London, Batesville, Caulksville, Lonoke, Mountain Fork, Clarksville, Western Grove, Beebe, Bryant, Hector, Conway, Monticello, Star City, Hoxie, Mount Magazine, Mountain Home, North Little Rock, Boles, Newport, Mena, Nogo, Danville, Rison, Dennard, Walnut Ridge, Russellville, Warren, Ozone, Cabot, Pocahontas, Brinkley, Mount Ida, Y City, Sugar Grove, Oxford, Thornton, Tilly, Calico Rock, Fordyce, Albert, Rich Mountain, Jasper, Hot Springs, Paris, Plainview, McCrory, Perryville, Summit, Horseshoe Bend, De Witt, Hatfield, Oark, Acorn, Hazen, Cave City, Hampton, Deer, Augusta, Flippin, Kingsland, Waldron, Grannis, Yellville, Damascus, and Story 311 PM CDT Tue Apr 1 2025 ...FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... ...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION... * WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be possible. * WHERE...Much of Arkansas is included within this flood watch. * WHEN...From Wednesday afternoon through Sunday morning. * IMPACTS...Excessive runoff from an extremely rare multi-day heavy rainfall event is expected to result in the flooding of rivers, creeks, steams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations. Extensive rare, and at times catastrophic, flash flooding is likely if forecast rainfall totals are realized. Flash flood water levels may reach areas that rarely or have never flooded before in addition to the threat faced by low-lying areas. The potential for rare flash flooding may pose a significant threat to life and property. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - Beginning on Wednesday, a multi-day heavy rainfall event is expected to set up along a stalled frontal boundary extending from southwest to northeast across Arkansas. While this boundary may drift northwest or southeast each day across the state, multiple rounds of heavy thunderstorms are expected to drop 6 to 10 inches of rain across the flood watch area. Isolated pockets of 12 to 15 inches of rain are also possible wherever heavy thunderstorms fall over the same area for consecutive days. The forecast heavy rainfall in this event has a return interval of anywhere from 25 to 100 years. In other words a heavy rainfall event of this magnitude falling within 4 days is an event that happens once in a generation to once in a lifetime. Historic rainfall totals and impacts are possible. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... You should monitor later forecasts and be alert for possible Flood Warnings. Those living in areas prone to flooding should be prepared to take quick actions if warnings are issued. Take the time now to assess your individual risk for flash flooding, and plan a route to higher terrain if necessary. && $$ Cavanaugh