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WGUS84 KLZK 220045
FLSLZK
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
645 PM CST FRI FEB 21 2025
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVER IN ARKANSAS...
OUACHITA RIVER AT THATCHER L&D AFFECTING CALHOUN, BRADLEY AND
UNION COUNTIES.
FOR THE OUACHITA RIVER...INCLUDING JONES MILL DCP, ARKADELPHIA,
CAMDEN, THATCHER L&D...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
CAUTION IS URGED WHEN WALKING NEAR RIVERBANKS.
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 645 PM CST.
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645 PM CST FRI FEB 21 2025
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...OUACHITA RIVER AT THATCHER L&D.
* WHEN...UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* IMPACTS...AT 79.0 FEET, PROPERTY IN LOW LYING AREAS NEEDS TO BE
REMOVED. ACCESS ROADS TO OIL AND GAS RIGS MAY BE FLOODED. LEVEE
GATES SHOULD BE CLOSED BEFORE THE RIVER REACHES 80 FEET. THERE IS
MINOR FLOODING AT THIS LEVEL.
AT 80.0 FEET, MINOR FLOODING OCCURS AT THIS LEVEL. LEVEE GATES
SHOULD BE CLOSED TO PREVENT THE RIVER FROM BACKING INTO CALION
LAKE. ACCESS TO OIL AND GAS RIGS AND TO TIMBER IS FLOODED. THERE
IS WIDE COVERAGE OF FLOODING IN THE RIVER BOTTOMS.
AT 83.0 FEET, ACCESS TO OIL AND GAS RIGS AND TO TIMBER IS FLOODED.
CALHOUN COUNTY ROAD 131 IS COMPLETELY UNDER WATER LEADING TO OLD
LOCK 8 RIVER ACCESS.
AT 85.0 FEET, THERE MAY BE SOME COUNTY ROADS ALONG THE RIVER
FLOODED, REQUIRING LENGTHY DETOURS. RIVER IS HIGH AND SWIFT,
BOATERS SHOULD BE VERY CAUTIOUS. ACCESS TO MANY OIL AND GAS RIGS
WILL BE BY BOAT ONLY. LEVEE GATES SHOULD BE CLOSED.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 5:30 PM CST FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 84.9 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 85.0
FEET BY TOMORROW MORNING (FEBRUARY 22).
- FLOOD STAGE IS 79.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (6 PM CST)
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME SAT SUN MON
OUACHITA RIVER
THATCHER L&D 79.0 84.9 FRI 5 PM CST 85.0 84.7 84.2 *RISING*
**CREST: 2/22/2025, 6 AM CST, 85.0 FEET**
LAT...LON 3311 9223 3323 9236 3329 9261 3338 9247
3333 9226 3322 9212
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