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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

Hempstead, AR · Jul 12, 2023

A Mesoscale Convective Vortex (MCV) that was a remnant of showers and thunderstorms over Central Oklahoma on July 11th, drifted east into Southwest Arkansas during the early morning hours of the 12th.

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Flash Flood

Hempstead, AR · Jul 12, 2023

A Mesoscale Convective Vortex (MCV) that was a remnant of showers and thunderstorms over Central Oklahoma on July 11th, drifted east into Southwest Arkansas during the early morning hours of the 12th.

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Flash Flood

Columbia, AR · Jul 12, 2023

A Mesoscale Convective Vortex (MCV) that was a remnant of showers and thunderstorms over Central Oklahoma on July 11th, drifted east into Southwest Arkansas during the early morning hours of the 12th.

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Flash Flood

Lafayette, AR · Jul 12, 2023

A Mesoscale Convective Vortex (MCV) that was a remnant of showers and thunderstorms over Central Oklahoma on July 11th, drifted east into Southwest Arkansas during the early morning hours of the 12th.

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Flash Flood

Lafayette, AR · Jul 12, 2023

A Mesoscale Convective Vortex (MCV) that was a remnant of showers and thunderstorms over Central Oklahoma on July 11th, drifted east into Southwest Arkansas during the early morning hours of the 12th.

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Flash Flood

Lafayette, AR · Jul 12, 2023

A Mesoscale Convective Vortex (MCV) that was a remnant of showers and thunderstorms over Central Oklahoma on July 11th, drifted east into Southwest Arkansas during the early morning hours of the 12th.

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Flash Flood

Union, AR · Jul 12, 2023

A Mesoscale Convective Vortex (MCV) that was a remnant of showers and thunderstorms over Central Oklahoma on July 11th, drifted east into Southwest Arkansas during the early morning hours of the 12th.

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Flash Flood

Union, AR · Jul 12, 2023

A Mesoscale Convective Vortex (MCV) that was a remnant of showers and thunderstorms over Central Oklahoma on July 11th, drifted east into Southwest Arkansas during the early morning hours of the 12th.

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Flash Flood

Lafayette, AR · Jul 12, 2023

A Mesoscale Convective Vortex (MCV) that was a remnant of showers and thunderstorms over Central Oklahoma on July 11th, drifted east into Southwest Arkansas during the early morning hours of the 12th.

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Flash Flood

Hempstead, AR · Jul 12, 2023

A Mesoscale Convective Vortex (MCV) that was a remnant of showers and thunderstorms over Central Oklahoma on July 11th, drifted east into Southwest Arkansas during the early morning hours of the 12th.

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Flash Flood

Hempstead, AR · Jul 12, 2023

A Mesoscale Convective Vortex (MCV) that was a remnant of showers and thunderstorms over Central Oklahoma on July 11th, drifted east into Southwest Arkansas during the early morning hours of the 12th.

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Flash Flood

Hempstead, AR · Jul 12, 2023

A Mesoscale Convective Vortex (MCV) that was a remnant of showers and thunderstorms over Central Oklahoma on July 11th, drifted east into Southwest Arkansas during the early morning hours of the 12th.

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Flash Flood

Howard, AR · May 12, 2023

A small complex of showers and thunderstorms spread southeast into the northern sections of Southwest Arkansas during the morning hours of May 12th with the passage of an upper level disturbance.

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Flash Flood

Howard, AR · May 12, 2023

A small complex of showers and thunderstorms spread southeast into the northern sections of Southwest Arkansas during the morning hours of May 12th with the passage of an upper level disturbance.

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Flash Flood

Hempstead, AR · May 12, 2023

A small complex of showers and thunderstorms spread southeast into the northern sections of Southwest Arkansas during the morning hours of May 12th with the passage of an upper level disturbance.

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Flash Flood

Hempstead, AR · May 12, 2023

A small complex of showers and thunderstorms spread southeast into the northern sections of Southwest Arkansas during the morning hours of May 12th with the passage of an upper level disturbance.

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Flash Flood

Hempstead, AR · May 12, 2023

A small complex of showers and thunderstorms spread southeast into the northern sections of Southwest Arkansas during the morning hours of May 12th with the passage of an upper level disturbance.

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Flash Flood

Hempstead, AR · May 12, 2023

A small complex of showers and thunderstorms spread southeast into the northern sections of Southwest Arkansas during the morning hours of May 12th with the passage of an upper level disturbance.

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Flash Flood

Miller, AR · Oct 4, 2023

A prolonged period of heavy rainfall occurred on October 4th across parts of extreme Southwest Arkansas. Showers and thunderstorms with 1-3 inch per hour rainfall rates trained in the vicinity of a warm front, which was draped across the Ark-La-Tex and in adjacent portions of…

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Flash Flood

Little River, AR · Oct 4, 2023

A prolonged period of heavy rainfall occurred on October 4th across parts of extreme Southwest Arkansas. Showers and thunderstorms with 1-3 inch per hour rainfall rates trained in the vicinity of a warm front, which was draped across the Ark-La-Tex and in adjacent portions of…

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Flood$10K damage

Conway, AR · Apr 25, 2011

Several rounds of very heavy rainfall during the latter half of April caused many rivers across Arkansas to rise above flood stage. Rainfall amounts of 5 inches to well over 10 inches were seen, with much of that rain falling in a period of less than a week.

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Flood$10K damage

Woodruff, AR · Apr 26, 2011

Several rounds of very heavy rainfall during the latter half of April caused many rivers across Arkansas to rise above flood stage. Rainfall amounts of 5 inches to well over 10 inches were seen, with much of that rain falling in a period of less than a week.

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Flood$10K damage

Prairie, AR · May 1, 2011

Widespread heavy rainfall during late April and into the first part of May caused many rivers across the state to rise above flood stage. Many of the rivers rose above flood stage in late April, and the flooding persisted through much of May.

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Flood$10K damage

White, AR · May 1, 2011

Widespread heavy rainfall during late April and into the first part of May caused many rivers across the state to rise above flood stage. Many of the rivers rose above flood stage in late April, and the flooding persisted through much of May.

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