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WGUS84 KLZK 210048
FLSLZK
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
648 PM CST FRI DEC 20 2024
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVER IN
ARKANSAS...
CACHE RIVER NEAR PATTERSON AFFECTING WOODRUFF AND JACKSON
COUNTIES.
FOR THE CACHE RIVER...INCLUDING PATTERSON...MINOR FLOODING IS
FORECAST.
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.
FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS
OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES,
DIPS, OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM,
EVEN A SMALL ONE, ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER FIND ANOTHER ROUTE
OVER HIGHER GROUND.
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 700 PM CST.
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648 PM CST FRI DEC 20 2024
...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING UNTIL FURTHER
NOTICE...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...CACHE RIVER NEAR PATTERSON.
* WHEN...FROM SATURDAY MORNING UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* IMPACTS...AT 8.0 FEET, LOW SWAMPY TIMBERLAND ALONG THE RIVER
BEGINS TO FLOOD.
AT 9.0 FEET, LOW SWAMPY TIMBERLAND ALONG THE RIVER BEGINS TO
FLOOD. FLOOD GATES SHOULD BE CLOSED AND EQUIPMENT MOVED OUT OF THE
LOW GROUNDS ALONG THE RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES.
AT 10.0 FEET, PASTURELAND AND CROPLAND NOT PROTECTED BY LEVEES IN
JACKSON AND WOODRUFF COUNTIES AFFECTED. WATER IS OVER PORTIONS OF
STATE HIGHWAY 37 AND DEEP ALONG THE SHOULDERS OF STATE HIGHWAY 18
NEAR GRUBBS. WATER OVER PORTIONS OF WOODRUFF COUNTY ROAD 775 NORTH
OF STATE HIGHWAY 260.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 6:15 PM CST FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.5 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
TOMORROW MORNING AND CONTINUE RISING TO 10.0 FEET TUESDAY
MORNING. ADDITIONAL RISES ARE POSSIBLE THEREAFTER.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 9.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (6 PM CST)
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME SAT SUN MON
CACHE RIVER
PATTERSON 9.0 8.5 FRI 6 PM CST 9.3 9.7 9.9 *RISING*
LAT...LON 3510 9133 3522 9128 3539 9123 3538 9113
3521 9117 3508 9122
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