Headline:
Flood Warning issued May 6 at 8:53PM CDT until May 10 at 7:00AM CDT by NWS Little Rock AR
Event:
Flood Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
May 6, 2025 - 6:53pm
Expires:
May 7, 2025 - 7:00pm
Description:
...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in
Arkansas...
White River At Des Arc affecting Prairie County.
White River At Georgetown affecting White, Prairie and Woodruff
Counties.
White River At Clarendon affecting Arkansas and Monroe Counties.
White River At Augusta affecting White and Woodruff Counties.
For the Lower White River...including Newport, Augusta, Georgetown,
Des Arc, Clarendon...Minor flooding is forecast.
* WHAT...Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast.
* WHERE...White River at Georgetown.
* WHEN...Until Saturday morning.
* IMPACTS...At 21.0 feet, Hurricane Lake Wildlife Management Area
and Raft Creek Bottoms inundated. Roads in the bottoms are flooded.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 8:00 PM CDT Tuesday the stage was 21.5 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to fall below flood stage
early Friday morning and continue falling to 17.8 feet
Friday, May 16.
- Flood stage is 21.0 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 evening at 900 PM CDT.
Area Description:
Prairie, AR; White, AR; Woodruff, AR
Forcast Office:
NWS Little Rock AR