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Flash flooding from slow-moving thunderstorms is the primary flood hazard in Carroll County. Between 1993 and 2023, the NOAA Storm Events Database recorded 38 flash flood events and 7 flood events, resulting in 4 fatalities. For example, heavy rainfall from slow-moving thunderstorms caused flash flooding on April 13, 2022, and again on June 26, 2019.
National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) claims data indicates that while most claims in Zone A (high-risk areas) have lower payouts and water depths, Zone X_Unshaded (moderate to low-risk areas) has seen a significantly higher average payout, suggesting substantial damage can occur even outside of high-risk zones. Homeowners in areas prone to flash flooding, particularly those near waterways or in low-lying areas, should be aware of their flood risk.
Summary generated from NOAA storm narratives and NFIP claim data for this county. Not predictive.
16 NOAA storm reports from this county describe what happened, in the words of the meteorologists who were there.
Carroll County, Arkansas has recorded 45 flood-related events since 1996 according to NOAA's Storm Events Database, including 38 flash floods and 7 river or area floods. The county has received 21 federal disaster declarations, 3 of which involved flooding or coastal storms. Enter any address above to check its FEMA flood zone designation.
FEMA Disaster Declarations (1969–2026)
Source: OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries.
| Declaration | Type | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Severe Winter Storm | Winter Storm | Jan 23, 2026 |
| Severe Storms, Tornadoes, And Flooding | Severe Storm | Apr 2, 2025 |
| Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, Tornadoes, And Flooding | Severe Storm | May 24, 2024 |
| Hurricane Laura | Hurricane | Aug 26, 2020 |
| Covid-19 | Biological | Jan 20, 2020 |
| Covid-19 Pandemic | Biological | Jan 20, 2020 |
| Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, And Flooding | Severe Storm | Apr 26, 2017 |
| Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, And Flooding | Severe Storm | Dec 26, 2015 |
| Severe Storms And Flooding | Severe Storm | Aug 8, 2013 |
| Severe Storms, Tornadoes, And Associated Flooding | Severe Storm | Apr 14, 2011 |
NOAA Storm Events Database (1996–2025)
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database.
| Type | Date | Damage |
|---|---|---|
| Flood | Apr 13, 2022 | 0.00K (1 deaths) |
| Flash Flood | Apr 13, 2022 | 0.00K |
| Flash Flood | Jun 26, 2019 | 0.00K |
| Flash Flood | Apr 29, 2017 | 0.00K (1 deaths) |
| Flood | Dec 30, 2015 | 0.00K |
| Flood | Dec 28, 2015 | 0.00K |
| Flood | Dec 27, 2015 | 0.00K |
| Flash Flood | Mar 25, 2015 | 0.00K (1 deaths) |
| Flash Flood | Aug 8, 2013 | 100.00K |
| Flood | Aug 8, 2013 | 100.00K |
Flood — Apr 13, 2022
A line of thunderstorms developed into northwestern Arkansas during the morning of the 13th, as a cold front moved into the area. A strong thunderstorm within the line produced hail up to nickel size. More impactfully, this line of showers and thunderstorms was slow-moving, with individual cells within the line moving northeasterly repeatedly across the same areas, which resulted in locally hea...
Flash Flood — Apr 13, 2022
A line of thunderstorms developed into northwestern Arkansas during the morning of the 13th, as a cold front moved into the area. A strong thunderstorm within the line produced hail up to nickel size. More impactfully, this line of showers and thunderstorms was slow-moving, with individual cells within the line moving northeasterly repeatedly across the same areas, which resulted in locally hea...
Flash Flood — Jun 26, 2019
A slow moving complex of thunderstorms across southeast Kansas and southwest Missouri, gradually moved south into far northwestern Arkansas during the afternoon of the 26th. The high rainfall rates and slow movement of these storms resulted in flooding across portions of Carroll County.
Flash Flood — Apr 29, 2017
Strong to severe thunderstorms developed during the late evening hours of the 28th over portions of northwestern Arkansas, along and north of a warm front that had moved into the area during the day. These storms produced hail up to golfball size, damaging wind, and locally heavy rainfall through the early morning hours of the 29th. ||Another round of severe weather developed during the afterno...
Flood — Dec 30, 2015
A strong upper level low pressure system moved from the desert southwest into the Southern Plains in late December. Unseasonably moist air was in place across the region ahead of this approaching system as Pacific moisture in the mid and upper levels combined with very moist air in the low levels from the Gulf of Mexico. Strong atmospheric lift from the approaching upper level low and a warm fr...
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database.
Source: OpenFEMA NFIP Individual Claims (2.25M records analyzed).
FEMA assigns flood zone designations to areas in Carroll County, Arkansas:
AE High Risk — 1% annual chance of flooding. Insurance required.
VE Very High Risk — Coastal flooding with wave action.
X (Shaded) Moderate Risk — 500-year floodplain.
X Low Risk — Outside major floodplains.
Properties in Carroll County, Arkansas that are in FEMA-designated Special Flood Hazard Areas (zones A and V) with federally backed mortgages are required to carry flood insurance.
Even outside high-risk zones, flood insurance is recommended. From 2014 to 2024, nearly one-third of NFIP claims came from outside the high-risk Special Flood Hazard Area.
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