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Location: Van Buren, AR
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River Flood Warning
Issued: 2:31 PM Jun. 7, 2025 – National Weather Service
...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING TO MONDAY
EVENING...

* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Arkansas River at Van Buren.

* WHEN...From Sunday evening to Monday evening.

* IMPACTS...At 22.0 feet, minor lowland flooding occurs along the
shoreline from the I-540 bridge east towards Lavaca.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 9:00 AM CDT Saturday the stage was 21.1 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest right at
flood stage of 22.0 feet  Sunday evening. The river is then
expected to fluctuate near 22.0 feet thru Monday evening
before dropping below flood stage Monday night.
- Flood stage is 22.0 feet.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

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Flood Warning
Issued: 12:57 PM Jun. 7, 2025 – National Weather Service
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON...

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

* WHERE...Portions of Arkansas, including the following counties,
Crawford and Sebastian and Oklahoma, including the following
counties, Haskell, Le Flore, Muskogee and Sequoyah.

* WHEN...Until 200 PM CDT Saturday.

* IMPACTS...Flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying
and flood-prone locations is imminent or occurring.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 757 AM CDT, Heavy rain due to thunderstorms earlier has
ended. However, flooding of low-lying areas, creeks and
streams is likely continuing in the warned area. Between 1
and 2 inches of rain have fallen.
- Additional rainfall amounts up to 0.5 inches are possible in
the warned area.
- Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Fort Smith...                      Van Buren...
Poteau...                          Stigler...
Charleston...                      Greenwood...
Barling...                         Pocola...
Muldrow...                         Roland...
Lavaca...                          Spiro...
Arkoma...                          Panama...
Hackett...                         Hartford...
Huntington...                      Bonanza...
Keota...                           Mccurtain...
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

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