Flood Warning in Prairie County, Arkansas
Issued by the National Weather Service and archived by Claims Pages
EXPIRED
4/6/2023 11:21:00 AM (UTC)
Urgency: Expected
Severity: Moderate
Certainty: Likely
4/6/2023 11:21:00 AM until 4/7/2023 11:30:00 AM
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 rivers in
Arkansas...
White River At Georgetown affecting Woodruff, White and Prairie
Counties.
White River At Des Arc affecting Prairie County.
White River At Augusta affecting Woodruff and White Counties.
White River At Clarendon affecting Arkansas and Monroe Counties.
...FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE...
* WHAT...Moderate flooding is occurring and moderate flooding is
forecast.
* WHERE...White River At Des Arc.
* WHEN...Until further notice.
* IMPACTS...At 24.0 feet, Many acres of farmland flooded within the
levees. Water is backing up Bayou Des Arc and Cypress Bayou.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 10:00 AM CDT Thursday the stage was 26.6 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to continue a slow fall
through the next several days.
- Flood stage is 24.0 feet.
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Fld Observed Forecast 1 PM Crest
Location Stg Stg Day/Time Fri Sat Sun Crest Time Date
White River
Des Arc 24.0 26.6 Thu 10 AM 26.4 26.2 26.1 *Slow Fall*
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