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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

Flash Flood Warning

National Weather Service Shreveport LA

1149 AM CDT Mon Apr 7 2025



The National Weather Service in Shreveport has extended the



* Flash Flood Warning for...

  A Levee Failure on the McKinney Bayou along McKinney Bayou Levee 

  in...

  North Central Lafayette County in southwestern Arkansas...

  East Central Miller County in southwestern Arkansas...



* Until 200 PM CDT.



* At 1149 AM CDT, emergency management reported the McKinney Bayou 

  Levee on the McKinney Bayou Near the intersection of Highway 196 

  and Miller County Road 61 failed causing flash flooding of 

  immediately surrounding areas.



  HAZARD...Flash flooding from a levee failure.



  SOURCE...Emergency management reported.



  IMPACT...Flooding of areas near the levee break.



* Garland and Rocky Mound



This includes the following streams and drainages...

  Beech Creek, Maniece Bayou, McKinney Bayou, Red River, Kenney 

  Creek and Boggy Creek.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



If you are in low lying areas along the McKinney Bayou Levee you 

should move to higher ground immediately.



Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood 

deaths occur in vehicles.



Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads.



Please report observed flooding to local emergency services or law 

enforcement and request they pass this information to the National 

Weather Service when you can do so safely.



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LAT...LON 3341 9381 3323 9381 3323 9366 3341 9366



FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED

LEVEE FAILURE...OCCURRING



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