Weather Alert in Arkansas
Flood Warning issued May 6 at 11:44AM CDT until May 11 at 4:00AM CDT by NWS Little Rock AR
AREAS AFFECTED: Jackson, AR; Woodruff, AR
DESCRIPTION: ...The Flood Warning is extended for the following rivers in Arkansas... White River At Des Arc affecting Prairie County. White River At Augusta affecting Woodruff and White Counties. White River At Georgetown affecting Woodruff, Prairie and White Counties. Cache River Near Patterson affecting Woodruff and Jackson Counties. White River At Clarendon affecting Monroe and Arkansas Counties. For the Lower White River...including Newport, Augusta, Georgetown, Des Arc, Clarendon...Minor flooding is forecast. For the Cache River...including Patterson...Minor flooding is forecast. * WHAT...Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast. * WHERE...Cache River near Patterson. * WHEN...Until early Sunday morning. * IMPACTS...At 9.0 feet, Low swampy timberland along the river begins to flood. Flood gates should be closed and equipment moved out of the low grounds along the river and tributaries. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 11:15 AM CDT Tuesday the stage was 10.0 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to fall below flood stage late Friday evening and continue falling to 8.0 feet Sunday morning. - Flood stage is 9.0 feet. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
INSTRUCTION: Motorists should not attempt to drive around barricades or drive cars through flooded areas. River forecasts are based on current conditions and rainfall forecasted to occur over the next 24 hours. During periods of flooding...Evening forecasts are reissued with updated rainfall forecasts. Observed and forecasted stage data plots are available on our Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service web page at... www.weather.gov/lzk Under the Current Conditions section...Select River and Lakes AHPS. The next statement will be issued Wednesday morning at 1145 AM CDT.
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Precipitation in the form of water droplets is called rain.
Rain generally has a tendency to fall with less intensity over a greater period
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Rain is the most common form of precipitation and happens with greater frequency
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Sleet is a form of precipitation in which small ice pellets are the primary
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therefore typically doesn't last for extended periods of time.
The condition which leads to sleet formation requires a warmer body of air to be
wedged in between two sub-freezing bodies of air. When snow falls through a warmer
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