Flood Impacts |
32.0 | OVERTOPPING OF KITTY BARNES LEVEE IN WOODRUFF AND PRAIRIE COUNTIES. FLOOD OF RECORD...BEFORE RESERVOIRS WERE CONSTRUCTED...WAS 32.8 FEET FEBRUARY 1949. |
30.0 | OVERTOPPING OF BOTH LITTLE RED RIVER LEVEES BETWEEN 30 AND 31 FEET. HIGHEST CREST SINCE COMPLETION OF UPSTREAM RESERVOIRS WAS 30.1 FEET IN APRIL 1973. |
29.0 | PATROLLING BEGINS ON KITTY BARNES LEVEE IN WOODRUFF COUNTY. SIMILAR CONDITIONS TO THE FLOOD OF DECEMBER 1982 WHEN RIVER CRESTED AT 29.1 FEET. SECOND HIGHEST CREST SINCE COMPLETION OF UPSTREAM RESERVOIRS. SERIOUS CONDITIONS THROUGHOUT WHITE RIVER VALLEY. |
28.0 | LEVEES ALONG SOUTH BANK OF LITTLE RED RIVER ARE PATROLLED. WATER RUNS AROUND LOWER END OF LEVEE SYSTEM.
GEORGETOWN ISOLATED BY FLOODWATER. |
26.0 | BACKWATER UP LITTLE RED RIVER FLOODS BOTTOMLAND NEAR WEST POINT AND GEORGETOWN. NUMEROUS ROADS AND BRIDGES FLOODED WEST OF THE RIVER. EXTENSIVE AREA IN WHITE...WOODRUFF...AND PRAIRIE COUNTIES FLOODED. STATE HIGHWAY 36 PROBABLY FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE. GEORGETOWN MAY BE ISOLATED BY FLOODWATER. |
24.0 | STATE HIGHWAY 36 TO GEORGETOWN MAY BE FLOODING DUE TO BACKWATER UP LITTLE RED RIVER...ESPECIALLY DURING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL OR HIGH LITTLE RED RIVER STAGE. LEVEE PATROLLING ON NORTH SIDE OF LITTLE RED RIVER BEGINS. |
21.0 | HURRICANE LAKE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA AND RAFT CREEK BOTTOMS INUNDATED. ROADS IN THE BOTTOMS ARE FLOODED. MAJOR CROP DAMAGES DURING GROWING SEASON. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS REGULATES RELEASES FROM GREERS FERRY LAKE TO A 21 FOOT STAGE AT GEORGETOWN FROM 1 DEC TO 14 APRIL...LOWER STAGES DURING GROWING SEASON. |