Fort Smith, AR Severe Weather Alertstar_ratehome

...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL THURSDAY AFTERNOON...

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

* WHERE...Arkansas River at Van Buren.

* WHEN...Until Thursday afternoon.

* IMPACTS...At 25.0 feet, extensive agricultural lowland flooding
occurs along the shoreline from Van Buren downstream to Lavaca.
Hickman Bluff Road and Highway 255 west of Lavaca will flood. Some
rural roads near Lavaca are impassable. Much of Kelley Park
northwest of downtown Fort Smith is flooded.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 8:00 PM CDT Monday the stage was 24.7 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to fall below flood stage
late Thursday morning and continue falling and remain below
flood stage.
- Flood stage is 22.0 feet.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

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