Flood Warning in Woodruff County, Arkansas
Issued by the National Weather Service and archived by Claims Pages
EXPIRED
4/15/2023 7:48:00 PM (UTC)
Urgency: Expected
Severity: Moderate
Certainty: Likely
4/15/2023 7:48:00 PM until 4/16/2023 8:00:00 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.
Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.
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...
White River At Georgetown affecting White, Woodruff and Prairie
Counties.
...FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE...
* WHAT...Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast.
* WHERE...White River At Georgetown.
* WHEN...Until further notice.
* IMPACTS...At 21.0 feet, Hurricane Lake Wildlife Management Area
and Raft Creek Bottoms inundated. Roads in the bottoms are flooded.
At 22.0 feet, Farm fields and farm roads on either side of Highway
36 west of Georgetown inundated.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 7:00 PM CDT Saturday the stage was 22.0 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 22.1
feet by Monday morning (April 17).
- Flood stage is 21.0 feet.
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Fld Observed Forecast 7 PM Crest
Location Stg Stg Day/Time Sun Mon Tue Crest Time Date
White River
Georgetown 21.0 22.0 Sat 7 PM 22.0 22.1 22.1 22.1 7 AM 4/17
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