Flood Watch
Status
Event Continued Active alertStart Time
Thu 04/03/2025 04:12 AM EDTEnd Time
Sun 04/06/2025 08:00 AM EDTSignificance
WatchImpacts
Moderate impact
Locations Affected
Little Rock, AR ∙ North Little Rock, AR ∙ Conway, AR ∙ Des Arc, AR ∙ Martinville, AR ∙ Oxford, AR ∙ Norfork Lake, AR ∙ Bayou Meto, AR ∙ Reader, AR ∙ Saint Charles, ARFull Alert Message
Flood Watch National Weather Service Little Rock AR 312 AM CDT Thu Apr 3 2025 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... ...THIS IS PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION... * WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be possible. * WHERE...Portions of central, eastern, north central, southeast, southwest, and western Arkansas. * WHEN...Through Sunday morning. * IMPACTS...Excessive runoff from an extremely rare multi-day heavy rainfall event is expected to result in the flooding of rivers, creeks, steams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations. Extensive rare, and at times catastrophic, flash flooding is likely if forecast rainfall totals are realized. Flash flood water levels may reach areas that rarely or have never flooded before in addition to the threat faced by low-lying areas. The potential for rare flash flooding may pose a significant threat to life and property. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - Continuing on Thursday, a multi-day heavy rainfall event is expected to set up along a stalled frontal boundary extending from southwest to northeast across Arkansas. While this boundary may drift northwest or southeast each day across the state, multiple rounds of heavy thunderstorms are expected to drop 6 to 10 inches of rain across the flood watch area. Isolated pockets of 12 to 15 inches of rain are also possible wherever heavy thunderstorms fall over the same area for consecutive days. The forecast heavy rainfall in this event has a return interval of anywhere from 25 to 100 years. In other words a heavy rainfall event of this magnitude falling within 4 days is an event that happens once in a generation to once in a lifetime. Historic rainfall totals and impacts are possible. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... You should monitor later forecasts and be alert for possible Flood Warnings. Those living in areas prone to flooding should be prepared to take action should flooding develop.
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