Flash Flood Watch cancelled for areas downstream of Arkabutla Dam

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
258 PM CDT TUE JUN 6 2023

...ARKABUTLA DAM FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELED DUE TO LOWERED POOL
LEVELS...

THE ARKABUTLA DAM HAS REACHED A LOW WATER THRESHOLD WHERE THE 
U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, MISSISSIPPI EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, 
AND THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS, TN ARE IN AGREEMENT 
THAT CONDITIONS NO LONGER NECESSITATE A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE 
DAM AT ARKABUTLA LAKE, DUE TO LOWERED POOL LEVELS. 

ARKABUTLA LAKE IS KNOWN TO RESPOND QUICKLY TO SHORT-TERM HEAVY
RAINFALL. IF AND WHEN CONDITIONS WARRANT, A NEW FLASH FLOOD WATCH
AND/OR WARNING WILL BE CONSIDERED FOR AREAS ALONG THE COLDWATER
RIVER. ALL AGENCIES WILL COLLABORATIVELY CONTINUE TO CLOSELY
MONITOR THE WEATHER FORECAST AND SITUATION FOR ANY CHANGES. 

FOR THE LATEST LAKE LEVEL INFORMATION AND FORECAST PLEASE VISIT 
HTTPS://WATER.WEATHER.GOV/AHPS2/HYDROGRAPH.PHP?GAGE=ARKM6&WFO=MEG