If you are in low lying areas below the Remmel Dam you should move to higher ground immediately.

The National Weather Service in Little Rock has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... A Dam Floodgate Release in... Eastern Hot Spring County in southwestern Arkansas... * Until 915 PM CST. * At 325 PM CST, Dam operators reported the floodgates on the Remmel Dam have been opened which will result in flash flooding downstream on the Ouachita River. HAZARD...Flash flooding from a dam floodgate release. SOURCE...Dam operator. IMPACT...Flooding of areas along the river immediately downstream of the dam. * The nearest downstream town is Jones Mill, Friendship, Midway, and Oak Grove. This is a routine high water event which will result in lowland flooding along the Ouachita River in Hot Spring County. Initial impacts from Remmel Dam releases will reach the bridge on Interstate 30 near Malvern within 1 to 2 hours, with maximum impacts occurring within the next 2 to 3 hours. Initial impacts will reach Donaldson within the next 3 to 6 hours, with the maximum impacts occurring within the next 6 to 8 hours. Impacts will reach Friendship in about 10 to 12 hours. Livestock and property should be moved out of the floodplain. Flooded roadways should be avoided. This includes the following streams and drainages... Tenmile Creek, DeLisle Creek, Chatman Creek, Stone Quarry Creek, Blakely Creek, Tupelo Creek, Prairie Bayou, Cove Creek and Ouachita River. A release of 20000 cfs from the dam is ongoing as of 320 PM. The discharge is expected to increase to 30000 cfs within the next hour as of 320 PM. Flooding is occurring along the Ouachita River. FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED