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Heavy rainfall delivered by severe storms moving into the area inundated portions of southwestern Arkansas Wednesday morning, with meteorologists warning a "life-threatening situation" was unfolding.
Dunnagans Alley: The roadway parallel to U.S. 278 experienced flooding Monday night but was driveable as of Tuesday morning, according to Joheida Fister, a spokesperson for Hilton Head Fire Rescue.
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In March 2008, a vigorous, slow moving low pressure system moved out of Texas and into Arkansas inundating the area with over a foot of rain falling in some areas of Arkansas and Missouri. [15] Heavy rainfall rates caused the river to over flow its banks with an observed maximum depth of 22.29 feet (6.79 m).
The first round of rainfall on May 18 produced widespread totals of 0.5–1 in (13–25 mm) across eastern Oklahoma and western Arkansas, raising the Arkansas River into flood stage. [5]: 23 With the threat of flood and a tornado outbreak looming, many events scheduled for the evening of May 20 were cancelled or rescheduled.
During the night of June 10–11, 2010 a flash flood along Little Missouri River killed 20 people in the campgrounds of the Albert Pike Recreation Area. [1] In a matter of less than four hours water rose from three feet to over twenty-three feet. Since that time the U.S. Forest Service has closed the site for further evaluation. [2] [3]
Buses and ambulances evacuated 86 people from a nursing home in Yellville, Arkansas, where water rose to about 4 feet (1.2 meters) during flash flooding, Marion County Sheriff Gregg Alexander said.
The Marked Tree Lock and Siphons are a flood control facility on the St. Francis River in Poinsett County, Arkansas. These facilities are located about 2 miles (3.2 km) north of Marked Tree. Built in 1926, the lock is located on a now disused and partially filled artificial channel west of the main river.