2,237 first-hand accounts of flood events in Arkansas, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
A cold front swept from northwest to southeast across Arkansas which initiated strong to severe thunderstorms ahead of the line. Of these storms, some would reach severe criteria producing a swath of wind damage and numerous instances of flash flooding across the state of…
Read the full account →A cold front swept from northwest to southeast across Arkansas which initiated strong to severe thunderstorms ahead of the line. Of these storms, some would reach severe criteria producing a swath of wind damage and numerous instances of flash flooding across the state of…
Read the full account →A cold front swept from northwest to southeast across Arkansas which initiated strong to severe thunderstorms ahead of the line. Of these storms, some would reach severe criteria producing a swath of wind damage and numerous instances of flash flooding across the state of…
Read the full account →A cold front swept from northwest to southeast across Arkansas which initiated strong to severe thunderstorms ahead of the line. Of these storms, some would reach severe criteria producing a swath of wind damage and numerous instances of flash flooding across the state of…
Read the full account →Severe thunderstorms developed across northwestern Arkansas on the 14th, as a cold front moved through the area. The combination of very strong instability and strong deep-layer wind shear resulted in some supercell thunderstorms developing.
Read the full account →Severe thunderstorms developed across northwestern Arkansas on the 14th, as a cold front moved through the area. The combination of very strong instability and strong deep-layer wind shear resulted in some supercell thunderstorms developing.
Read the full account →A potent upper disturbance brought severe weather to extreme southeast Arkansas on the morning of the 24th. These storms produced walnut sized hail in Ashley County.
Read the full account →A nearly stationary front near the Arkansas and Louisiana border lifted to the north, allowing warm/humid air to filter into the region from the Gulf Coast. Meanwhile, a new cold front approached from the Plains, and moved into a destabilizing atmosphere.
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 →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 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 →Warm and humid conditions prevailed in Arkansas on the 1st. The approach of a cold front triggered the development of thunderstorms. Wind shear, a change in wind speed and direction with height, was not as favorable for the development of tornadoes as it was on April 30th.
Read the full account →On the 29th and 30th, a front was nearly stationary near the Arkansas/Missouri border. Thunderstorms built into the western part of Arkansas on the afternoon and evening of the 29th.
Read the full account →Lee Creek near Van Buren rose above its flood stage at 7 am cdt on April 24th. It crested at 26.8 feet at 5 pm cdt that day. This was the second highest crest at that site since records began in 1992. Flood damage occurred in Tailwater Park.
Read the full account →The Mid-South was underneath northwest flow aloft during the period between July 11th, 2010 and July 13th, 2010. Several upper level disturbances quickly moved through the flow setting off complexes of showers and thunderstorms.
Read the full account →A slow-moving cold front entered Arkansas, colliding with low-level Gulf moisture that was greater-than-normal for September, as well as some middle and upper level atmospheric moisture from the remains of Pacific Hurricane Henriette.
Read the full account →A warm front lifted northward off the Gulf Coast, causing rapid moisture transport to the Mid-South. In addition, an upper-level trough and associated cold front approached the area.
Read the full account →Severe thunderstorms accompanied a strong cold front and produced strong and damaging winds...along with large hail. These storms developed in a very unstable airmass across the region on the evening of October 1st as a strong upper level storm system exited the southern plains…
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 →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 →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.
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