Flash Flood Warning 15, NWS Little Rock, AR

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
107 PM CST THU DEC 24 1987

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 574 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS
   OF SOUTHWESTERN ARKANSAS...

AT 100 PM CST..RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
COVERING MUCH OF THE STATE.

THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED JUST SOUTHEAST OF HOT SPRINGS
AND ABOUT 15 MILES WEST OF LITTLE ROCK.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

SATELLITE PICTURES AND RADAR ALSO INDICATED MORE HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING
INTO SOUTHWESTERN ARKANSAS FROM NORTHEASTERN TEXAS. AMOUNTS OF AT
LEAST ONE INCH HAVE FALLEN OVER PARTS OF SOUTHWESTERN AND WEST CENTRAL
ARKANSAS DURING THE PAST FEW HOURS.
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RESIDENTS OVER THE SOUTHWESTERN AND WEST CENTRAL PARTS OF THE STATE
SHOULD BE ALERT THE NEXT FEW HOURS FOR NOT ONLY THE POSSIBILITY OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS..BUT ALSO SOME FLOODING.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
125 PM CST THU DEC 24 1987

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 574 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS
   OF SOUTHWESTERN ARKANSAS...

AT 125 PM CST..ISOLATED HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH RATHER HEAVY RAIN
WERE OCCURRING IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS.

THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED 20 MILES SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST OF LITTLE ROCK...
JUST WEST OF SEARCY...AND 10 MILES WEST OF HEBER SPRINGS.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

OTHER SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS WERE OCCURRING OVER MOST OF
THE STATE...EXCEPT EXTREME SOUTH AND NORTHEAST SECTIONS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT SMITH AR
215 PM CST THU DEC 24 1987

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR POLK COUNTY  ARKANSAS AND
LEFLORE COUNTY OKLAHOMA HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

AT 215 PM CST THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED EAST OUT OF
THE COUNTIES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NO LONGER A THREAT.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS CONTINUE OVER WEST AND NORTHWEST
ARKANSAS AND EASTERN OKLAHOMA WITH A FEW PRODUCING MODERATE TO
HEAVY RAINFALL BUT NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
225 PM CST THU DEC 24 1987

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 574 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS
   OF SOUTHWESTERN ARKANSAS...

AT 225 PM CST..ISOLATED HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN
WERE OCCURRING IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 15
MILES SOUTHWEST OF LITTLE ROCK AND 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HOT SPRINGS.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

ELSEWHERE WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSHOWERS SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
WIDESPREAD LIGHT RAIN CONTINUED  IN MOST SECTIONS OF THE STATE...EXCEPT
EXTREME SOUTH AND NORTHEAST SECTIONS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
305 PM CST THU DEC 24 1987

      ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 574 CANCELLED...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 574 WHICH WAS ISSUED EARLIER TODAY
FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWESTERN ARKANSAS IS CANCELLED AND NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

AT 300 PM CST...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS
CONTINUING ACROSS MUCH OF THE NORTHERN 2/3 OF ARKANSAS.

THE HEAVIEST STORMS WERE LOCATED 10 MILES EAST OF LONOKE...10 MILES
NORTH OF HAZEN AND 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF DES ARC.

MOVEMENT IS NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

SURFACE REPORTS ALSO INDICATED THAT LIGHT RAIN WAS FALLING OVER PARTS
OF SOUTHERN ARKANSAS.

REPEATING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 574 FOR SOUTHWESTERN
ARKANSAS IS CANCELLED AND NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
454 PM CST THU DEC 24 1987

...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN OVER ARKANSAS...

PERSISTENT RAIN AND THUNDERSHOWERS HAVE OCCURRED IN A BAND FROM
SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS THROUGH THE CENTRAL PART OF THE STATE INTO
EASTERN ARKANSAS TODAY.

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 1/2 INCHES HAVE BEEN COMMON...BUT THERE
HAVE BEEN LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS. THE LARGEST TOTAL REPORTED THUS
FAR HAS BEEN 4 INCHES AT A GAGE IN WEST LITTLE ROCK.

STREET FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED AT A NUMBER OF LOCATIONS AND SOME OF
THE SMALLER CREEKS HAVE BEEN SWOLLEN BY THE RAINS.

AS OF 450 PM...RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE RAIN FALLING ACROSS MUCH
OF SOUTHWEST...CENTRAL...AND EASTERN ARKANSAS.
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THIS SITUATION WILL BE WATCHED CLOSELY TONIGHT SINCE THE GROUND HAS
NOW BEEN COMPLETELY SATURATED.

RESIDENTS OF AREAS WHICH HAVE RECEIVED HEAVY RAIN TODAY SHOULD KEEP
ABREAST OF THE WEATHER TONIGHT JIN CASE FLASH FLOOD WATCHES OR WARNINGS
BECOME NECESSARY.

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