Flood Warning in White County, Arkansas
Issued by the National Weather Service and archived by Claims Pages
EXPIRED
1/19/2024 7:05:00 PM (UTC)
Urgency: Expected
Severity: Moderate
Certainty: Likely
1/19/2024 7:05:00 PM until 1/22/2024 4:00:00 AM
Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.
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 next statement will be issued Saturday evening at 715 PM CST.
The Flood Warning continues for the following river in Arkansas...
White River At Augusta affecting Woodruff and White Counties.
For the Lower White River...including Newport, Augusta, Georgetown,
Des Arc, Clarendon...Minor flooding is forecast.
...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL EARLY MONDAY MORNING...
* WHAT...Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast.
* WHERE...White River at Augusta.
* WHEN...Until early Monday morning.
* IMPACTS...At 26.0 feet, Farm ground along the river in White and
Woodruff counties begin to flood. Seasonal agricultural impacts.
At 28.0 feet, Roads in Henry Gray Hurricane Lake Wildlife
Management area flooded. Thousands of acres of cultivated land
flooded in White and Woodruff counties.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 6:00 PM CST Friday the stage was 27.1 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to fall below flood stage
late tomorrow evening (Saturday, January 20).
- Flood stage is 26.0 feet.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
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