NWS Little Rock ARFF.W 0023May 30, 2026
Flash Flood Warning: Calhoun, Dallas and Ouachita, AR
The National Weather Service office in Little Rock issued a flash flood warning for Calhoun, Dallas and Ouachita in Arkansas, which was in force until 11:45 p.m. local time on May 30. It was the 23rd 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
- Calhoun, Dallas and Ouachita
- State
- Arkansas
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 8:38 p.m. CDT, May 30, 2026
- Expires
- 11:45 p.m. CDT, May 30, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Likely, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KLZK FF.W 0023
- 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... Northeastern Calhoun County in southwestern Arkansas... Southeastern Dallas County in southwestern Arkansas... Northeastern Ouachita County in southwestern Arkansas... * Until 1145 PM CDT. * At 838 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 2 and 3 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are possible in the warned area. 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... Fordyce... Bearden... Thornton... Harlow... Hopeville... Ramsey... Chambersville...
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.