NWS Little Rock ARFF.W 0020May 28, 2026
Flash Flood Warning: Boone, Newton and Searcy, AR
The National Weather Service office in Little Rock issued a flash flood warning for Boone, Newton and Searcy in Arkansas, which was in force until 4:30 p.m. local time on May 28. It was the 20th flash flood warning the NWS office in Little Rock issued in 2026. Arkansas had 27 flash flood warnings in May 2026, against 36 in an average May of 2008-2025 (Arkansas's flash flood warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 3.1 hours; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Little Rock AR
- Area
- Boone, Newton and Searcy
- State
- Arkansas
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 1:23 p.m. CDT, May 28, 2026
- Expires
- 4:30 p.m. CDT, May 28, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Likely, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KLZK FF.W 0020
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
Flash Flood Warnings in Arkansas since 2008Every warning type in Arkansas
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The notice as issued
FFWLZK The National Weather Service in Little Rock has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Southwestern Boone County in north central Arkansas... Eastern Newton County in north central Arkansas... Southwestern Searcy County in north central Arkansas... * Until 430 PM CDT. * At 123 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 2 and 3 inches of rain have fallen in the last hour. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly. HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms. SOURCE...Radar. IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor drainage and low-lying areas. * Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... Harrison... Jasper... Pruitt... Piercetown... Carver... Erbie... Capps... Red Bank... Eula... Moore... Alpena... Batavia... Ben Hur... Bass... Bear Creek Springs... Marble Falls... Hasty... Vendor... Yardelle... Gaither...
What the agency told people to do
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles.
Source: National Weather Service: the notice at its source. The text is the agency's, unedited. A U.S. Government work, in the public domain.