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Flood Statement
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
910 AM CDT Fri Apr 4 2025

...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in
Oklahoma...Arkansas...

  Little River At Horatio affecting Little River, McCurtain, Sevier
  and Howard Counties.

For the Little River...including Horatio...Major flooding is
forecast.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Do not drive cars through flooded areas.
Caution is urged when walking near riverbanks.
Turn around, don`t drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

Motorists should not attempt to drive around barricades or drive
cars through flooded areas.

For more hydrologic information, copy and paste the following website
address into your favorite web browser URL bar:
https://water.noaa.gov/wfo/SHV

The next statement will be issued Saturday morning at 915 AM CDT.

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ARC061-081-133-OKC089-051415-
/O.CON.KSHV.FL.W.0052.250405T1907Z-250408T2200Z/
/HRGA4.3.ER.250405T1907Z.250406T1200Z.250408T0400Z.NO/
910 AM CDT Fri Apr 4 2025

...FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON TO
TUESDAY AFTERNOON...

* WHAT...Major flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Little River at Horatio.

* WHEN...From Saturday afternoon to Tuesday afternoon.

* IMPACTS...At 30.0 feet, The golf course west of Horatio, Arkansas
  floods. Also ranchers should evacuate cattle and farm machinery to
  higher ground and have preparations complete for a major flood.
  Expect considerable lowland flooding of several hundred acres of
  grazing and farming land.  Expect major backwater flooding of
  small tributaries at their confluence with the Little River such
  as the Cossatot and the Rolling Fork Rivers.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 8:00 AM CDT Friday the stage was 20.6 feet.
  - Bankfull stage is 25.0 feet.
  - Forecast...The river will rise to 21.0 feet this afternoon.
    It will then fall to 20.8 feet this evening. It will rise
    above flood stage early Saturday afternoon to 30.4 feet
    Sunday morning. It will then fall below flood stage late
    Monday evening.
  - Flood stage is 27.0 feet.
  - Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of
    30.3 feet on 04/01/1938.
  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

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LAT...LON 3397 9458 3391 9434 3376 9404 3381 9431
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