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WGUS84 KLZK 100051
FLSLZK
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
751 PM CDT FRI MAY 9 2025
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVER IN ARKANSAS...
WHITE RIVER AT CLARENDON AFFECTING ARKANSAS AND MONROE COUNTIES.
FOR THE LOWER WHITE RIVER...INCLUDING NEWPORT, AUGUSTA, GEORGETOWN,
DES ARC, CLARENDON...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE
CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
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 800 PM CDT.
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751 PM CDT FRI MAY 9 2025
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...WHITE RIVER AT CLARENDON.
* WHEN...UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* IMPACTS...AT 26.0 FEET, RIVER FLOWS IN MANY SIDE CHANNELS AND
CREATES ISLANDS BETWEEN THE RIVER AND SLOUGHS AND CREEKS. FLOODING
OF CROPLAND AND TIMBER IS OCCURRING. PORTIONS OF THE NATIONAL
WILDLIFE REFUGE DOWNSTREAM OF CLARENDON FLOODING.
AT 28.0 FEET, FLOODING OF CROPLAND AND TIMBER IS OCCURRING. ROADS
TO HOMES AND CABINS IN LOWER MADDOX BAY AREA OFF HIGHWAY 146 SOUTH
OF CLARENDON IMPASSIBLE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 7:00 PM CDT FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 28.4 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 28.4
FEET JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT (MAY 10).
- FLOOD STAGE IS 26.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (7 PM CDT)
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME SAT SUN MON
WHITE RIVER
CLARENDON 26.0 28.4 FRI 7 PM CDT 28.3 28.1 28.0 *CRESTING*
**CREST: 5/10/2025, 1 AM CDT, 28.4 FEET**
LAT...LON 3435 9119 3449 9132 3466 9139 3472 9129
3455 9120 3442 9108
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