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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Flood Warning

National Weather Service Little Rock AR

944 PM CDT Sat Apr 5 2025



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Jackson AR-Lonoke AR-Prairie AR-White AR-

944 PM CDT Sat Apr 5 2025



...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CDT SUNDAY...

...REPLACES FLASH FLOOD WARNING...



* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected.



* WHERE...Portions of central and eastern Arkansas, including the 

  following counties, in central Arkansas, Lonoke, Prairie and 

  White. In eastern Arkansas, Jackson.



* WHEN...Until 800 AM CDT Sunday.



* IMPACTS...Flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying 

  and flood-prone locations is imminent or occurring. It will take 

  several hours for all the water from these storms to work through 

  local drainage systems in urban areas.



* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...

  - At 944 PM CDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges

    indicated heavy rain. Flooding is already occurring in the

    warned area. Between 9 and 15 inches of rain have fallen.

  - Some locations that will experience flooding include...

    Jacksonville...                    Cabot...

    Searcy...                          Lonoke...

    Des Arc...                         Beebe...

    Ward...                            Bald Knob...

    England...                         Carlisle...

    Austin in Lonoke County...         Judsonia...

    Kensett...                         Higginson...

    Keo...                             Russell...

    West Point...                      Barrettsville...

    Thurman...                         McRae...

  - 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.



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LAT...LON 3536 9185 3545 9182 3546 9180 3553 9179

      3553 9137 3543 9136 3534 9144 3519 9138

      3521 9140 3516 9146 3515 9144 3472 9164

      3449 9190 3449 9203 3462 9203 3462 9211

      3473 9208 3501 9207 3501 9212 3514 9212





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