Lexington, Massachusetts, USA
Issued by the National Weather Service
Areas Affected: Bradley, AR; Calhoun, AR; Union, AR
Urgency: Immediate
Severity: Severe
Certainty: Observed
Alert Sent: Tuesday 10:39am CDT
Alert Effective: Tuesday 10:39am CDT
Alert Expires: Wednesday 10:45am CDT (expect updated alert by this time)
Event Onset: Tuesday 10:39am CDT
Event Ends: Friday 4:00pm CDT
Issued by: NWS Little Rock AR
...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL FRIDAY AFTERNOON... ...The Flood Warning continues for the following river in Arkansas... Ouachita River At Thatcher L&D affecting Union, Calhoun and Bradley Counties. For the Ouachita River...including Jones Mill Dcp, Arkadelphia, Camden, Thatcher L&D...Minor flooding is forecast. * WHAT...Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast. * WHERE...Ouachita River at Thatcher L&D. * WHEN...Until Friday afternoon. * IMPACTS...At 80.0 feet, Minor flooding occurs at this level. Levee gates should be closed to prevent the river from backing into Calion Lake. Access to oil and gas rigs and to timber is flooded. There is wide coverage of flooding in the river bottoms. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 9:30 AM CDT Tuesday the stage was 80.5 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to fall below flood stage late Thursday morning. - Flood stage is 79.0 feet. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. 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. Wednesday morning at 1045 AM CDT.
ID: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.8048e3b5e9024740c43455b9289a9283bbe756f9.001.1 Codes: ARC011, ARC013, ARC139 Link: https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.8048e3b5e9024740c43455b9289a9283bbe756f9.001.1