Flood Impact Update

Announcement Number: CN2019-44
Categories: General Announcements
Posted Date: June 6, 2019

To Our Customers, 
 
Flooding conditions continue to impact operations in Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma and Arkansas. Updates on the various subdivisions which are impacted are provided below. 
 
Returned to Service
  • Cherokee Subdivision (Parsons, Kansas, to McAlester, Oklahoma) 
  • Falls City Subdivision (Kansas City, Missouri  to Council Bluffs, Iowa)
  • Jonesboro Subdivision, (Pine Bluff, Arkansas to Dexter, Missouri)
  • Tulsa Subdivision (Tulsa to Muskogee, Oklahoma)
Continued Outages
  • Pinckneyville Subdivision (out of service near Chester, Missouri)
  • River Subdivision (Kansas City to Jefferson City, Missouri) 
  • Wagoner Subdivision (Coffeyville, Kansas, to Van Buren, Arkansas) 
  • Van Buren Subdivision (Fort Smith to North Little Rock, Arkansas)
  • Local traffic around the Pine Bluff, Arkansas area remains affected by flooding

Closely Monitoring
We continue to monitor areas affected by heavy rains, flooding and levee breaches across our network. These outages have negatively impacted the network by causing terminal and main line congestion in several key locations. This congestion will likely continue to cause service impacts to customers, even in areas not directly affected by flooding.

Additional rain and flash flood warnings are anticipated for some of the affected areas as well as in Louisiana. Resources remain staged at strategic locations along our network to ensure outages are addressed and repaired as quickly as possible. Customers with shipments being routed around the remaining affected areas can expect delays of 48 to 72 hours. We will provide updates as these routes reopen. 

If you have any questions, please contact Customer Care & Support at 800-272-8777 or your Union Pacific representative.