If you are in low lying areas below the Remmel Dam you should move
to higher ground immediately.
FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR A DAM FLOODGATE RELEASE REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 915 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR EASTERN HOT SPRING COUNTY...
At 515 PM CST, Dam operators reported the floodgates on the Remmel
Dam had been opened resulting 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.
As of 500 PM, the current discharge rate from Remmel Dam was
approximately 33000 cfs.
Flooding is occurring along the Ouachita River.
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED