Wednesday, May 3rd, 2017 — A dangerous flooding situation in northeastern Arkansas worsened on Wednesday morning when a levee failed along the Black River near the town of Pocahontas. The National Weather Service office in Memphis, Tennessee, issued a flash flooding emergency and urged residents to seek higher ground immediately due to life-threatening flooding. Water rescues were occurring just south of Pocahontas in the community of Shannon, according to the NWS.