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River Flood Warning
Issued: 2:03 AM May. 3, 2025 – National Weather Service
...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL SUNDAY AFTERNOON...

* WHAT...Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Arkansas River at Ozark Lock and Dam.

* WHEN...Until Sunday afternoon.

* IMPACTS...At 357.0 feet, flooding affects agricultural use lands
along the river downstream of the lock and dam in Franklin County.
Gas fields are also subject to flooding downstream. Equipment and
livestock should be moved to higher ground. North 5th Street in
Logan County near the Six Mile Levee begins to flood and may cut
off access to a nearby residence.
At 360.0 feet, flooding spreads over more than 4,000 acres in
Franklin and Logan Counties. Numerous gas fields are flooded. Some
agricultural lands in Johnson County also are flooded.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 6:00 PM CDT Friday the stage was 358.1 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 358.7
feet after midnight tonight. It will then fall below flood
stage late Sunday morning.
- Flood stage is 357.0 feet.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

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