![]() ![]() The river has been 18 to 20 feet above flood stage since May 26, and water spilled over two levees southeast of the city. A new record could be set when the Arkansas River crests again on May 30 or 31. Near Fort Smith, Arkansas, river water levels reached 40.26 feet (12.27 meters) on May 28, surpassing the record of 38.10 feet. The levees nearby were built in the 1940s, so state and federal officials have been closely monitoring them. The lake is near capacity, so the Corps has been releasing water through floodgates at roughly the same rate that water has been flowing in from upstream. Army Corps of Engineers has had to release water from the Keystone Lake reservoir into the Arkansas River. In addition to abundant rain water pouring into the rivers and streams, the U.S. ![]() Water is blue vegetation is green clouds are bright blue or white and bare flood plains along the river are tan (2018 image). The combination of near-infrared and visible light (MODIS bands 7-2-1) makes it easier to see rivers out of their banks and water spread across flood plains. The false-color images above were acquired by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua and Terra on (right), and (left). Every county in Oklahoma was in a state of emergency, and evacuations were ordered or recommended in several communities in Arkansas. News media and forecasters predicted flooding in every major community along the river in the coming days. ![]() Major flooding was observed at 13 of those gauges. As of May 29, the National Weather Service reported flooding at 22 gauges along the river in Kansas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas, not including nearby tributaries and lakes. The problem was most acute in late May along the Arkansas River. Across the continental United States, river gauges at 404 locations were above flood stage on May 29, with the vast majority along the Missouri, Mississippi, and Arkansas rivers and their tributaries. The Southern and Central United States have been drenched by rainstorm after rainstorm in the spring of 2019, leading to widespread flooding. ![]()
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