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FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1037 AM CDT MON SEP 01 2008
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A FLOOD 
WATCH FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN ARKANSAS...
  OUACHITA RIVER AT ARKADELPHIA AFFECTING CLARK AND HOT SPRING 
  COUNTIES 
  
  OUACHITA RIVER AT CAMDEN AFFECTING CALHOUN AND OUACHITA COUNTIES 
  
  OUACHITA RIVER AT THATCHER LOCK AND DAM NEAR CALION AFFECTING 
  BRADLEY...CALHOUN AND UNION COUNTIES
   
  LITTLE MISSOURI RIVER NEAR BOUGHTON AFFECTING CLARK...NEVADA AND 
  OUACHITA COUNTIES 
  
  SALINE RIVER NEAR RYE AFFECTING ASHLEY...BRADLEY...CLEVELAND AND 
  DREW COUNTIES.
 
HEAVY RAINFALL FROM HURRICANE GUSTAV WILL FALL OVER SOUTHWEST 
ARKANSAS OVER THE NEXT 3 DAYS. RAINFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE 
LIKELY...WITH HEAVIER AMOUNTS IN BANDS WHERE THE LARGER STORMS TRACK. 
MORE RAIN IS POSSIBLE IF THE STORM REMAINS IN THE AREA LONGER THAN 
CURRENT FORECAST OUTLINES. 
WHILE THE MAGNITUDE OF THE FLOODING CANNOT BE FORECASTED AT THIS 
TIME...THOSE PEOPLE WITH LIVESTOCK AND PROPERTY IN LOW LYING AREAS 
MAY WANT TO MOVE THEIR PROPERTY TO HIGHER GROUND AHEAD OF THIS STORM. 
WHILE THIS PRODUCT OUTLINES SPECIFIC RIVER FORECAST POINTS...ANY 
WATERWAY IN THE SOUTHWESTERN COUNTIES OF THE STATE HAVE THE POSSIBLITY 
OF CREATING FLOOD RELATED PROBLEMS.
SOUTHWESTERN COUNTIES OF ARKANSAS ARE PRIMED FOR FLOODING AS THIS AREA 
RECEIVED HEAVY RAINFALL DURING AUGUST. SOME AREAS RECEIVED 10 TO 15 
INCHES OF RAIN DURING THE MONTH. SOME DRYING HAS OCCURRED...BUT THE
FLOOD POTENTIAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR IS HIGHER THAN AVERAGE.
RAIN CHANCES BEGIN TODAY...BUT BECOME LIKELY TOMORROW. 
ONCE THE RAIN BEGINS...WATCH FOR UPDATED RIVER FORECAST. BE PREPARED 
TO TAKE THE APPROPRIATE ACTIONS SHOULD FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.
BE PARTICULARLY AWARE OF THE DANGER OF DRIVING THROUGH LOW WATER 
CROSSINGS. REMEMBER...THE ROAD OR BRIDGE MAY HAVE BEEN WASHED AWAY
BY THE RUSHING WATERS. 
 
...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN...

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1037 AM CDT MON SEP 01 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WATCH FOR
  THE OUACHITA RIVER AT THATCHER LOCK AND DAM NEAR CALION
* UNTIL TUESDAY MORNING.
* AT 7:00 AM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 77.0 FEET.
* FLOODING IS POSSIBLE...WATCH FOR UPDATES AS THE RAINFALL BEGINS. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 79.0 FEET.
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