NWS Little Rock ARFF.W 0016May 28, 2026
Flash Flood Warning: Searcy, Stone and Van Buren, AR
The National Weather Service office in Little Rock issued a flash flood warning for Searcy, Stone and Van Buren in Arkansas, which was in force until 2:00 p.m. local time on May 28. It was the 16th 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
- Searcy, Stone and Van Buren
- State
- Arkansas
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 10:52 a.m. CDT, May 28, 2026
- Expires
- 2:00 p.m. CDT, May 28, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Likely, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KLZK FF.W 0016
- 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... Eastern Searcy County in north central Arkansas... Southwestern Stone County in north central Arkansas... Eastern Van Buren County in north central Arkansas... * Until 200 PM CDT. * At 1052 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 2 and 3 inches of rain have fallen. The expected rainfall rate is 1 to 2 inches in 1 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... Clinton... Fairfield Bay... Damascus... Shirley... Old Lexington... Elba... Fairfield Bay Marina... Choctaw... Rocky Hill... Elberta... Sugar Loaf Recreation Area... Thola... Whipple... Fairbanks... Leslie... Big Flat... Bee Branch... Alco... Arlberg... Botkinburg...
What the agency told people to do
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. In hilly terrain there are hundreds of low water crossings which are potentially dangerous in heavy rain. Do not attempt to cross flooded roads. Find an alternate route.
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.