2,237 first-hand accounts of flood events in Arkansas, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
A low-pressure system and associated cold front resulted in heavy rainfall and flash flooding across parts of east Arkansas. Ample moisture provided the fuel for training storms which produced two to four inches of rain during the early afternoon along and west of the…
Read the full account →A low-pressure system and associated cold front resulted in heavy rainfall and flash flooding across parts of east Arkansas. Ample moisture provided the fuel for training storms which produced two to four inches of rain during the early afternoon along and west of the…
Read the full account →A cold front triggered numerous thunderstorms in Arkansas during the afternoon and early evening hours of the 23rd. There were dozens of reports of severe weather, mostly in the form of damaging winds. Tens of thousands of electric customers lost power.
Read the full account →A cold front stalled in Arkansas on the 23rd and remained stationary for several days. Meanwhile, areas of low pressure aloft tracked across the state from time to time.
Read the full account →Isolated severe thunderstorms and thunderstorms with heavy rain, which resulted in flash flooding, occurred on March 18. This event damaged many county roads and bridges across northwestern Arkansas and combined with previous damages, resulted in a Disaster Declaration for…
Read the full account →A warm, humid air mass over Arkansas, a stalled front to the northwest of the area, and the periodic passage of low pressure aloft, brought rounds of thunderstorms to Arkansas from the 20th through the morning of the 24th.
Read the full account →A cold front stalled across the northern counties of Arkansas, and the focus shifted to a storm system headed this way from Texas on the 10th/11th. As the system approached, moisture levels went through the roof.
Read the full account →A cold front stalled across the northern counties of Arkansas, and the focus shifted to a storm system headed this way from Texas on the 10th/11th. As the system approached, moisture levels went through the roof.
Read the full account →A cold front stalled across the northern counties of Arkansas, and the focus shifted to a storm system headed this way from Texas on the 10th/11th. As the system approached, moisture levels went through the roof.
Read the full account →A cold front stalled across the northern counties of Arkansas, and the focus shifted to a storm system headed this way from Texas on the 10th/11th. As the system approached, moisture levels went through the roof.
Read the full account →A cold front stalled across the northern counties of Arkansas, and the focus shifted to a storm system headed this way from Texas on the 10th/11th. As the system approached, moisture levels went through the roof.
Read the full account →A cold front stalled across the northern counties of Arkansas, and the focus shifted to a storm system headed this way from Texas on the 10th/11th. As the system approached, moisture levels went through the roof.
Read the full account →A cold front stalled across the northern counties of Arkansas, and the focus shifted to a storm system headed this way from Texas on the 10th/11th. As the system approached, moisture levels went through the roof.
Read the full account →On the morning and afternoon of the 30th, a cold front interacted with a moist and unstable airmass. The rich air mass caused some locally heavy rains across southeast Arkansas. There were closures of roads due to flooded conditions over portions of Ashley and Chicot counties.
Read the full account →Very heavy rain began developing late on the 17th in northern and western Arkansas, and continued on the 18th as a powerful storm system approached from Texas.
Read the full account →Very heavy rain began developing late on the 17th in northern and western Arkansas, and continued on the 18th as a powerful storm system approached from Texas.
Read the full account →The event began with a warm front moving north from the Gulf Coast region on the 3rd. The front was followed by above normal temperatures and abundant moisture. There was plenty of fuel for developing thunderstorms.
Read the full account →The event began with a warm front moving north from the Gulf Coast region on the 3rd. The front was followed by above normal temperatures and abundant moisture. There was plenty of fuel for developing thunderstorms.
Read the full account →A storm system wobbled from eastern Texas into southwest Arkansas in mid-September. Precipitation became widespread just to the north and east of the system late on the 15th in west central, central and northeast sections of the state.
Read the full account →A storm system wobbled from eastern Texas into southwest Arkansas in mid-September. Precipitation became widespread just to the north and east of the system late on the 15th in west central, central and northeast sections of the state.
Read the full account →Widespread showers and thunderstorms, in association with an upper level low pressure system, resulted in excessive heavy rainfall across much of the region on October 13th. Widespread 2 to 4 inches were reported with isolated amounts in excess of 8 inches were reported.
Read the full account →A moist, semi-tropical atmosphere existed over Arkansas on the 21st. A cold front moving through the state triggered some showers. A waterspout and two tornadoes occurred from mid afternoon through early evening.
Read the full account →A cluster of thunderstorms, known as a mesoscale convective system (MCS), developed well to the northwest of Arkansas on the evening of the 9th. The thunderstorms entered northwest Arkansas on the morning of the 10th and then re-intensified in the state during the afternoon.
Read the full account →A cold front moved into Arkansas from the northwest on the 12th and eventually stalled out over southeast Arkansas for several days. Meanwhile, a slow moving storm system approached the state from the west.
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