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THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 184 IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN ARKANSAS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 23 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS CONWAY FAULKNER PERRY POPE WHITE YELL IN EASTERN ARKANSAS JACKSON LAWRENCE WOODRUFF IN NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS CLEBURNE INDEPENDENCE IZARD NEWTON SEARCY SHARP STONE VAN BUREN IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS PIKE

* WHAT...Flooding caused by an ice jam is possible. * WHERE...From Crooked Creek to below Napaimute. * WHEN...Through Wednesday evening. * IMPACTS...Ice jams may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, sloughs, and other low-lying flood prone locations. Water may impound behind a jam which may cause flooding several miles upstream. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At Noon AKDT Tuesday May 5th, the River Watch team observed breakup in the Kuskokwim River from the mouth of the Holokuk

* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 27 possible. * WHERE...Portions of northwest and west central Kansas and southwest Nebraska. * WHEN...From Wednesday evening through Thursday morning. * IMPACTS...Below freezing temperatures could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing. Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. To prevent water pipes from freezing; insulate, drain or allow them to drip slowly. Drain in-ground sprinkler systems and cover above ground pipes.

* WHAT...Flooding caused by an ice jam is possible. * WHERE...In Eagle and areas downstream * WHEN...Through Wednesday morning. * IMPACTS...Creeks and streams may rise out of their banks. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - The Yukon River has broken up locally at Eagle. As of 10 am Tuesday breakup had not progressed to Calico Bluffs. Water levels remain low behind the ice front. Ice shows signs of weakening but the possibility of minor flooding exists if ice jams form. - Http://www.weather.gov/aprfc

* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is possible. * WHERE...Portions of central, north central, northeast, northwest, and west central Georgia, including the following areas, in central Georgia, Butts, Jasper and Monroe. In north central Georgia, Barrow, Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, Dawson, DeKalb, Douglas, Fannin, Fayette, Forsyth, Gilmer, Gwinnett, Hall, Henry, Lumpkin, Newton, North Fulton, Pickens, Rockdale, South Fulton, Union and Walton. In

* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 27 possible. * WHERE...Portions of northwest and west central Kansas and southwest Nebraska. * WHEN...From Wednesday evening through Thursday morning. * IMPACTS...Below freezing temperatures could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing. Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. To prevent water pipes from freezing; insulate, drain or allow them to drip slowly. Drain in-ground sprinkler systems and cover above ground pipes.

* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 31 possible. * WHERE...Santa Fe Metro Area and Northwest Plateau. * WHEN...From late Wednesday night through Thursday morning. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could damage crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing. Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 25 possible. * WHERE...Far Northeast Highlands, Harding County, Northeast Highlands, and Union County. * WHEN...From Wednesday evening through Thursday morning. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing. Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

* WHAT...For the Freeze Warning, sub-freezing temperatures as low as 25 expected. For the Freeze Watch, sub-freezing temperatures as low as 20 possible. * WHERE...Central Yampa River Basin and Lower Yampa River Basin. * WHEN...For the Freeze Warning, from midnight tonight to 9 AM MDT Wednesday. For the Freeze Watch, from late Wednesday night through Thursday morning. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing.

* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 20 possible. * WHERE...Animas River Basin, Four Corners/Upper Dolores River, San Juan River Basin, Central Colorado River Basin, Central Gunnison and Uncompahgre River Basin, and Debeque to Silt Corridor. * WHEN...From late Wednesday night through Thursday morning. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing. Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.