Texarkana remains under a flash flood warning until 3:30 p.m. Saturday evening due to widespread showers and thunderstorms in the Texarkana area.
By far the heaviest rainfall was ongoing across southwest Arkansas from near ashdown to near hope and south of prescott to near camden. Movement of this activity was to the east southeast near 20 mph. Excessive heavy rainfall is expected to continue across portions of southern arkansas through the afternoon hours.
According to Hempstead County law enforcement hwy 332 is closed from prescott to hwy 29 intersection due to flash flooding.
This is an alert from CodeRED Weather Warning. Moments ago, the National Weather Service issued a Flash Flood Warning for your TEXARKANA location from 12:35 PM July 4 until 3:30 PM July 4.
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BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1235 PM CDT SAT JUL 4 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
MILLER COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ARKANSAS…
LITTLE RIVER COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ARKANSAS…
NEVADA COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ARKANSAS…
LAFAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ARKANSAS…
COLUMBIA COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ARKANSAS…
HEMPSTEAD COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ARKANSAS…
BOWIE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN TEXAS…
* UNTIL 330 PM CDT
* AT 1230 PM CDT…DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR
ESTIMATED THAT NEARLY A FOOT OF RAIN HAD FALLEN ACROSS PORTIONS OF
NORTHERN HEMPSTEAD AND NEVADA COUNTIES EARLIER WITH WIDESPREAD 3
TO 5 INCHES ACROSS PORTIONS OF COLUMBIA…LAFAYETTE…MILLER…
LITTLE RIVER AND BOWIE COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS AND
NORTHEAST TEXAS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES
WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.
IF FLASH FLOODING IS NOT ALREADY ONGOING…IT WILL LIKELY BEGIN
LATER THIS AFTERNOON.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE…
TEXARKANA…MAGNOLIA…HOPE…WAKE VILLAGE…ASHDOWN…NEW
BOSTON…PRESCOTT…STAMPS…WALDO…LEWISVILLE…FOREMAN…
MCNEIL…NASH…HOOKS…DE KALB…REDWATER…MAUD…RED LICK…
FOUKE AND EMMET.
