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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
347 PM CDT TUE APR 15 2025
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POINSETT AR-
347 PM CDT TUE APR 15 2025
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT WEDNESDAY
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES.
* WHERE...A PORTION OF EAST ARKANSAS, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY, POINSETT.
* WHEN...UNTIL 400 PM CDT WEDNESDAY.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. SEVERAL
STRUCTURES ARE FLOODED AND SOME SAND BAGGING OPERATIONS ARE
CONTINUING. NUMEROUS ROADS REMAIN CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. STREAMS
CONTINUE TO RISE DUE TO EXCESS RUNOFF FROM EARLIER RAINFALL.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 342 PM CDT, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED FLOODING,
ESPECIALLY ALONG THE CACHE RIVER AND IN THE PITTS AREA, AS
WELL AS ALONG THE ST. FRANCIS RIVER. THE ST. FRANCIS RIVER
WILL RISE SLIGHTLY OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS DUE TO UPSTREAM
RESERVOIR RELEASES. FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING AND IS
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
TRUMANN, MARKED TREE, HARRISBURG, LEPANTO, TYRONZA, WEINER,
WALDENBURG, GREENFIELD, FISHER, WHITAKER, LANDERS, WEONA,
MCCORMICK, WEONA JUNCTION, PROMISED LAND, OLD WEONA, STEWART,
BAY VILLAGE, MAPLE GROVE AND WILEY CROSSING.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
LAT...LON 3544 9104 3571 9104 3570 9029 3544 9029
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