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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Little Rock AR
757 PM CDT Mon Mar 25 2024

The National Weather Service in Little Rock has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  A Dam Floodgate Release in...
  Eastern Hot Spring County in southwestern Arkansas...

* Until 1100 PM CDT.

* At 757 PM CDT, dam operators reported the floodgates on the Remmel 
  Dam were expected to be opened which will result 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...
  Tenmile Creek, Prairie Bayou, Tupelo Creek, Ouachita River, 
  Chatman Creek, Blakely Creek, DeLisle Creek, Stone Quarry Creek 
  and Cove Creek.
A release of 30000 cfs from the dam is expected to begin around 830 
PM CDT.
Flooding is occurring along the Ouachita River.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If you are in low lying areas below the Remmel Dam you should move 
to higher ground immediately.

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LAT...LON 3444 9285 3438 9282 3433 9285 3423 9293
      3420 9298 3422 9300 3430 9293 3435 9291
      3439 9285 3442 9287 3443 9287 3443 9289
      3444 9289

FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED

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