FFWLZK The National Weather Service in Little Rock has extended the * Flash Flood Warning for. A Dam Floodgate Release in. Eastern Hot Spring County in southwestern Arkansas. * Until 415 PM CDT. * At 1240 PM CDT, dam operators reported the floodgates on the Remmel Dam were expected to be opened which will result in flash flooding downstream on the Ouachita River. HAZARD. Flash flooding from a dam floodgate release. SOURCE. Dam operator. IMPACT. Flooding of areas along the river immediately downstream of the dam. * The nearest downstream town is Jones Mill, Friendship, Midway, and Oak Grove. The situation along the Ouachita River in Hot Spring County is becoming more serious. Some residences in the flood plain may become cut off due to low lying roads flooding. Livestock and property should be moved ouf of the floodplain. Flooded roadways should be avoided. Driving into flooded roadways is one of the top weather related killers. Remember, turn around, don't drown. Initial impacts from the increased Remmel Dam releases will reach the bridge on Interstate 30 near Malvern within 1 to 2 hours, with maximum impacts occurring within the next 2 to 3 hours. Initial impacts will reach Donaldson within the next 3 to 6 hours, with the maximum impacts occurring within the next 6 to 8 hours. Impacts will reach Friendship in about 10 to 12 hours. This includes the following streams and drainages. Cove Creek, Prairie Bayou, Ouachita River, Blakely Creek, Tenmile Creek, Stone Quarry Creek, Tupelo Creek, DeLisle Creek and Chatman Creek. A release of 85,000 cubic feet per second from the dam is expected to begin at 1242 PM. Flooding is occurring along the Ouachita River.
