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Arkansas Flood Stories

2,237 first-hand accounts of flood events in Arkansas, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.

Flash Flood

Crittenden, AR · Apr 5, 2025

The front eventually sagged south back into the Mid-South during the early morning hours of April 5th. Strong low-level moisture transport into the frontal zone resulted in heavy rain and training storms across northern sections of the Mid-South, mainly north of I-40.

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Flash Flood

Clay, AR · Apr 5, 2025

The front eventually sagged south back into the Mid-South during the early morning hours of April 5th. Strong low-level moisture transport into the frontal zone resulted in heavy rain and training storms across northern sections of the Mid-South, mainly north of I-40.

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Flash Flood

Phillips, AR · Apr 5, 2025

The front eventually sagged south back into the Mid-South during the early morning hours of April 5th. Strong low-level moisture transport into the frontal zone resulted in heavy rain and training storms across northern sections of the Mid-South, mainly north of I-40.

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Flash Flood

Greene, AR · Apr 5, 2025

The front eventually sagged south back into the Mid-South during the early morning hours of April 5th. Strong low-level moisture transport into the frontal zone resulted in heavy rain and training storms across northern sections of the Mid-South, mainly north of I-40.

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Flash Flood

Columbia, AR · Sep 24, 2025

A pre-frontal surface trough extended out in advance of a weak cool front over Western Arkansas and Southeast Oklahoma during the early morning hours of September 24th, with adequate forcing aloft associated with an upper level disturbance that ejected northeast ahead of an…

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Flash Flood

Columbia, AR · Sep 24, 2025

A pre-frontal surface trough extended out in advance of a weak cool front over Western Arkansas and Southeast Oklahoma during the early morning hours of September 24th, with adequate forcing aloft associated with an upper level disturbance that ejected northeast ahead of an…

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Flash Flood

Union, AR · Sep 24, 2025

A pre-frontal surface trough extended out in advance of a weak cool front over Western Arkansas and Southeast Oklahoma during the early morning hours of September 24th, with adequate forcing aloft associated with an upper level disturbance that ejected northeast ahead of an…

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Flash Flood

Union, AR · Sep 24, 2025

A pre-frontal surface trough extended out in advance of a weak cool front over Western Arkansas and Southeast Oklahoma during the early morning hours of September 24th, with adequate forcing aloft associated with an upper level disturbance that ejected northeast ahead of an…

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Flood$100K damage

White, AR · Dec 24, 2009

A strong but slow-moving low pressure system began its approach to Arkansas on the 23rd. Ahead of this low, unseasonably large amounts of moisture were drawn northward from the Gulf of Mexico. The approach of the low set off heavy rain and thunderstorms on the 23rd and 24th.

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Flood$100K damage

Pulaski, AR · Dec 24, 2009

A strong but slow-moving low pressure system began its approach to Arkansas on the 23rd. Ahead of this low, unseasonably large amounts of moisture were drawn northward from the Gulf of Mexico. The approach of the low set off heavy rain and thunderstorms on the 23rd and 24th.

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Flood$100K damage

Sharp, AR · Dec 24, 2009

A strong but slow-moving low pressure system began its approach to Arkansas on the 23rd. Ahead of this low, unseasonably large amounts of moisture were drawn northward from the Gulf of Mexico. The approach of the low set off heavy rain and thunderstorms on the 23rd and 24th.

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Flood$100K damage

Marion, AR · Oct 30, 2009

A large storm system in the Rockies headed through the Plains into the upper Midwest on the 29th. Rain increased ahead of the system, and became widespread in Arkansas. Meanwhile, a cold front arrived from the west.

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Flood$10K damage

Jackson, AR · Dec 21, 2013

A cold front moved into northwest Arkansas on the morning of the 20th and lingered in the state until the night of the 21st. While the front was making its way slowly across the state, an area of low pressure arrived from the southwest.

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Flood$10K damage

Jackson, AR · Dec 21, 2013

A cold front moved into northwest Arkansas on the morning of the 20th and lingered in the state until the night of the 21st. While the front was making its way slowly across the state, an area of low pressure arrived from the southwest.

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Flood$10K damage

White, AR · Dec 21, 2013

A cold front moved into northwest Arkansas on the morning of the 20th and lingered in the state until the night of the 21st. While the front was making its way slowly across the state, an area of low pressure arrived from the southwest.

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Flood$10K damage

Jackson, AR · Dec 22, 2013

A cold front moved into northwest Arkansas on the morning of the 20th and lingered in the state until the night of the 21st. While the front was making its way slowly across the state, an area of low pressure arrived from the southwest.

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Flood$10K damage

Perry, AR · Jun 2, 2013

The upper level low pressure system that brought severe weather and flash flooding to Arkansas on May 30th and 31st moved closer to the state on June 1st, producing another round of severe weather and flash flooding.

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Flood$10K damage

Ouachita, AR · Jun 3, 2013

The upper level low pressure system that brought severe weather and flash flooding to Arkansas on May 30th and 31st moved closer to the state on June 1st, producing another round of severe weather and flash flooding.

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Flood

Franklin, AR · Apr 5, 2025

Strong thunderstorms developed across portions of northwestern Arkansas during the early morning hours of the 4th, as lift associated with an approaching upper level disturbance increased north of a stationary front across northeastern Oklahoma and southern Arkansas.

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Tropical Storm$100K damage

Hempstead, AR · Sep 13, 2008

Hurricane Ike came onshore across extreme southeast Texas during the late night hours of September 12th and the pre-dawn hours of September 13th.

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Tropical Storm$100K damage

Nevada, AR · Sep 13, 2008

Hurricane Ike came onshore across extreme southeast Texas during the late night hours of September 12th and the pre-dawn hours of September 13th.

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Flood

Washington, AR · Jun 7, 2025

Strong to severe thunderstorms developed during the evening of the 6th over southeast Colorado, southwest Kansas, and the western Oklahoma Panhandle.

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Flash Flood$100K damage

Washington, AR · Apr 25, 2011

Periods of showers and thunderstorms resulted in widespread heavy rainfall on the 25th with a frontal boundary extending through northwestern Arkansas and an upper level disturbance approaching the region.

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Flash Flood$2.0M damage

Pulaski, AR · Apr 29, 2006

Heavy rains caused flash flooding to occur in the Little Rock/North Little Rock area. A number of city streets were flooded and impassible for several hours due to the high water levels.

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