28 May 2019

CORPS CHANGES DATES TO TEMPORARILY CLOSE HIGHWAY 165 BRIDGE ACROSS TABLE ROCK DAM

BRANSON, Mo. – The Army Corps of Engineers Little Rock District has rescheduled the road closure of both lanes of Highway 165 across Table Rock Dam for June 1 and 2. The closure has been rescheduled to begin at 8 p.m. June 11 until 6 a.m. June 12 and again from 8 p.m. June 12 until 6 a.m. on June 13 to install equipment needed to reinstall the dam’s refurbished head gates, barring weather delays.

28 May 2019

MKARNS Nav Notice SWL 19-32 Lock Closure - Ozark-Jeta Taylor Lock (No. 12) NM 256.8

MKARNS - Due to high flows on the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System, the Ozark-Jeta Taylor Lock (No. 12) NM 256.8 is closed to traffic.

25 May 2019

CORPS CLOSES SHOAL BAY AND PINEY BAY SWIM BEACHES ON LAKE DARDANELLE UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE

RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. – The Corps of Engineers, Russellville Site Office has closed Shoal Bay and Piney Bay swim beaches on Lake Dardanelle until further notice. The temporary closure is the result of higher than acceptable E. coli levels that were found during routine testing conducted by the Arkansas Department of Health.

25 May 2019

MKARNS Nav Notice SWL 19-31 Lock Closure - David D. Terry Lock (No 6) NM 108.1

MKARNS - Due to high flows on the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System, the David D. Terry Lock (No. 6) NM 108.1 will close to traffic at 5:00 PM today.

25 May 2019

MKARNS - Nav Notice SWL 19-30 Lock Closure - Colonel Charles D. Maynard Lock (No 5) NM 86.3

MKARNS - Due to high flows on the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System, the Colonel Charles D. Maynard Lock (No. 5) NM 86.3 2 will close to traffic at 5:00 PM today.

24 May 2019

CORPS CLOSES SWIM BEACHES ON BEAVER LAKE UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE

ROGERS, Ark. – The Corps of Engineers, Beaver Project Office has closed swim beaches at Hickory Creek and Prairie Creek parks, as well as the swim beaches in the Horseshoe Bend Day Use Area and the Rocky Branch camping area on Beaver Lake until further notice. The temporary closure is the result of higher than acceptable E. coli levels that were found during routine testing conducted by the Arkansas Department of Health.

24 May 2019

MKARNS Nav Notice SWL 19-29 Lock Closure - Joe Hardin Lock (No 3) NM 50.2

MKARNS - Due to high flows on the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System, the Joe Hardin Lock (No. 3) NM 50.2 is closed to traffic.

24 May 2019

MKARNS Nav Notice SWL 19-28 Lock Closures Murray (NM125.4) and Emmett Sanders (NM 66.0)

MKARNS - Due to high flows on the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System, the Murray Lock (No. 7) NM 125.4 and Emmett Sanders Lock (No. 4) NM 66.0 are closed to traffic.

23 May 2019

CORPS UPDATES FLOW FORECAST FOR ARKANSAS RIVER

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – The Army Corps of Engineers has updated the flow forecast for the Arkansas River in Arkansas as rain continues to fall in the river’s drainage basin in Oklahoma and Kansas. The updated flows are expected to exceed the flows experienced in May of 1990.

23 May 2019

MKARNS Nav Notice SWL 19-27 Expected Flows on Arkansas River

MKARNS - Mariners are advised that flows on the Arkansas River are anticipated to exceed those from the May 1990 flood event due to persistent rainfall in Oklahoma. In May 1990 the peak flows were approximately 400,000 cubic feet per second (cfs) in Van Buren, 450,000 cfs in Little Rock and 420,000 cfs in Pine Bluff