| 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 30.2 FEET IN MARCH 2008...SECOND HIGHEST WAS 30.1 FEET IN APRIL 1973...THIRD HIGHEST WAS 30 FEET IN APRIL 2008. GEORGETOWN IS AN ISLAND AND PERSONS IN THE COMMUNITY SHOULD LEAVE OR BE PREPARED FOR A PROLONGED STAY. MANY HOMES AND CABINS ARE FLOODED ALONG THE LOWER REACHES OF THE LITTLE RED RIVER AND FOR SEVERAL MILES ALONG STATE HIGHWAY 36 WEST OF THE WHITE RIVER IN WHITE COUNTY. | | 29.0 | PATROLLING BEGINS ON KITTY BARNES LEVEE IN WOODRUFF COUNTY. FOURTH HIGHEST CREST SINCE COMPLETION OF UPSTREAM RESERVOIRS. SERIOUS CONDITIONS THROUGHOUT WHITE RIVER VALLEY. RIVER CRESTED OVER 30 FEET IN MARCH AND APRIL 2008. | | 28.0 | LEVEES ALONG SOUTH BANK OF LITTLE RED RIVER PROTECTING CROPLAND AND THE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE IS POSSIBLY OVERTOPPED. WATER RUNS AROUND LOWER END OF LEVEE SYSTEM. HOMES FLOODED NEAR NIMMO...NEAR WEST POINT...AND IN THE GEORGETOWN VICINITY. GEORGETOWN IS ISOLATED BY FLOODWATER. RESIDENTS SHOULD LEAVE...OR HAVE PROVISIONS FOR A PROLONGED STAY. | | 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 OF CROPLAND IN WHITE...WOODRUFF...AND PRAIRIE COUNTIES FLOODED. STATE HIGHWAY 36 IS PROBABLY FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE. GEORGETOWN AND NIMMO COULD BE ISOLATED BY FLOODWATER. RESIDENTS SHOULD EITHER LEAVE OR HAVE PROVISIONS FOR A PROLONGED STAY. | | 24.0 | STATE HIGHWAY 36 TO GEORGETOWN MAY BE FLOODING DUE TO BACKWATER UP LITTLE RED RIVER...ESPECIALLY DURING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL OR HIGH WHITE RIVER STAGE. LEVEE ON NORTH SIDE OF THE LITTLE RED RIVER PROTECTING THE BALD KNOB NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE...PRIMARILY CROPLAND...MAY BE OVERTOPPED. | | 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. |
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1) 32.80 ft on 02/01/1949
2) 32.10 ft on 04/04/1945
3) 31.50 ft on 02/23/1938
4) 31.40 ft on 05/18/1943
5) 31.30 ft on 03/18/1935
6) 30.60 ft on 04/17/1927
7) 30.18 ft on 03/24/2008
8) 30.10 ft on 04/27/1973
9) 30.05 ft on 04/15/2008
10) 28.87 ft on 12/08/1982
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