Flood Warning in Lawrence County, Arkansas
Issued by the National Weather Service and archived by Claims Pages
EXPIRED
4/3/2023 8:03:00 PM (UTC)
Urgency: Expected
Severity: Moderate
Certainty: Likely
4/3/2023 8:03:00 PM until 4/4/2023 8:15:00 PM
Motorists should not attempt to drive around barricades or drive
cars through flooded areas.
Turn around, don`t drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
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 Flood Warning continues for the following river in Arkansas...
Black River At Pocahontas affecting Randolph County.
Black River At Black Rock affecting Jackson, Lawrence and
Independence Counties.
...FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE...
* WHAT...Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast.
* WHERE...Black River At Black Rock.
* WHEN...Until further notice.
* IMPACTS...At 20.0 feet, Agricultural land is flooding along both
banks of the river in Lawrence, Independence, and Jackson
counties. Minor flooding in Powhatan Community and Courthouse
State Park.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 7:00 PM CDT Monday the stage was 21.2 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to slowly fall.
- Flood stage is 14.0 feet.
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Fld Observed Forecast 7 PM Crest
Location Stg Stg Day/Time Tue Wed Thu Crest Time Date
Black River
Black Rock 14.0 21.2 Mon 7 PM 20.9 20.6 20.3 Falling Slowly
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