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 extended the * Flash Flood Warning for... A Dam Floodgate Release in... Eastern Hot Spring County in southwestern Arkansas... * Until 115 AM CST. * At 851 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... Ouachita River, Tupelo Creek, Blakely Creek, Chatman Creek, Prairie Bayou, DeLisle Creek, Tenmile Creek, Stone Quarry Creek and Cove Creek. As of 8 PM, the current discharge from Remmel Dam was approximately 35000 cfs. Flooding is occurring along the Ouachita River. FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED