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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

Montgomery, AR · Jan 13, 2007

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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Flash Flood

Desha, AR · Sep 23, 2020

On the 23rd, heavy precipitation affected the southern half of the state. Four to five inch totals occurred at Kelso (Desha County), with three to four inches at Malvern (Hot Spring County), Mount Ida (Montgomery County), and Murfreesboro (Pike County).||The deluge continued…

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Flash Flood$15K damage

Logan, AR · Aug 5, 2010

A cold front moved into Arkansas from the north on the 5th, triggering scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms. Some of the storms became severe and produced locally heavy rain.

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Flash Flood

Hot Spring, AR · Jun 1, 2021

Through the first week of June, slow moving storm systems aloft, clouds, and areas of rain kept temperatures down. There was enough rain to cover Highway 67 with water near Donaldson (Hot Spring County) on the 1st.

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Flash Flood

Bradley, AR · Apr 13, 2019

While it seemed the region was in the clear on the 13th, rain and cool air kept the pressure elevated. At the same time, a storm system strengthened in Texas, and the pressure fell to the southwest. This created a pressure gradient, and this often leads to increased wind speeds.

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Flash Flood

Calhoun, AR · Apr 13, 2019

While it seemed the region was in the clear on the 13th, rain and cool air kept the pressure elevated. At the same time, a storm system strengthened in Texas, and the pressure fell to the southwest. This created a pressure gradient, and this often leads to increased wind speeds.

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Flash Flood

Saline, AR · Apr 18, 2019

While it seemed the region was in the clear on the 13th, rain and cool air kept the pressure elevated. At the same time, a storm system strengthened in Texas, and the pressure fell to the southwest. This created a pressure gradient, and this often leads to increased wind speeds.

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Flash Flood

Clark, AR · Apr 18, 2019

While it seemed the region was in the clear on the 13th, rain and cool air kept the pressure elevated. At the same time, a storm system strengthened in Texas, and the pressure fell to the southwest. This created a pressure gradient, and this often leads to increased wind speeds.

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Flash Flood

Sevier, AR · Mar 9, 2019

A large upper level trough moved out of the Intermountain West and into the Southern Plains during the early morning hours of March 9th, taking on a negative tilt as it lifted east northeast across much of Central and Eastern Texas into Northern Louisiana and Southwest Arkansas.

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Flash Flood

Bradley, AR · Apr 13, 2019

While it seemed the region was in the clear on the 13th, rain and cool air kept the pressure elevated. At the same time, a storm system strengthened in Texas, and the pressure fell to the southwest. This created a pressure gradient, and this often leads to increased wind speeds.

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Flash Flood

Arkansas, AR · Apr 13, 2019

While it seemed the region was in the clear on the 13th, rain and cool air kept the pressure elevated. At the same time, a storm system strengthened in Texas, and the pressure fell to the southwest. This created a pressure gradient, and this often leads to increased wind speeds.

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Flash Flood

Desha, AR · Apr 13, 2019

While it seemed the region was in the clear on the 13th, rain and cool air kept the pressure elevated. At the same time, a storm system strengthened in Texas, and the pressure fell to the southwest. This created a pressure gradient, and this often leads to increased wind speeds.

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Flash Flood

Pulaski, AR · Apr 18, 2019

While it seemed the region was in the clear on the 13th, rain and cool air kept the pressure elevated. At the same time, a storm system strengthened in Texas, and the pressure fell to the southwest. This created a pressure gradient, and this often leads to increased wind speeds.

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Flash Flood

Lonoke, AR · Apr 18, 2019

While it seemed the region was in the clear on the 13th, rain and cool air kept the pressure elevated. At the same time, a storm system strengthened in Texas, and the pressure fell to the southwest. This created a pressure gradient, and this often leads to increased wind speeds.

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Flash Flood

Saline, AR · Apr 18, 2019

While it seemed the region was in the clear on the 13th, rain and cool air kept the pressure elevated. At the same time, a storm system strengthened in Texas, and the pressure fell to the southwest. This created a pressure gradient, and this often leads to increased wind speeds.

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Flash Flood

Prairie, AR · Apr 18, 2019

While it seemed the region was in the clear on the 13th, rain and cool air kept the pressure elevated. At the same time, a storm system strengthened in Texas, and the pressure fell to the southwest. This created a pressure gradient, and this often leads to increased wind speeds.

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Flash Flood

Monroe, AR · Apr 18, 2019

While it seemed the region was in the clear on the 13th, rain and cool air kept the pressure elevated. At the same time, a storm system strengthened in Texas, and the pressure fell to the southwest. This created a pressure gradient, and this often leads to increased wind speeds.

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Flash Flood

Saline, AR · Apr 18, 2019

While it seemed the region was in the clear on the 13th, rain and cool air kept the pressure elevated. At the same time, a storm system strengthened in Texas, and the pressure fell to the southwest. This created a pressure gradient, and this often leads to increased wind speeds.

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Flash Flood

Saline, AR · Apr 18, 2019

While it seemed the region was in the clear on the 13th, rain and cool air kept the pressure elevated. At the same time, a storm system strengthened in Texas, and the pressure fell to the southwest. This created a pressure gradient, and this often leads to increased wind speeds.

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Flash Flood

Saline, AR · Apr 18, 2019

While it seemed the region was in the clear on the 13th, rain and cool air kept the pressure elevated. At the same time, a storm system strengthened in Texas, and the pressure fell to the southwest. This created a pressure gradient, and this often leads to increased wind speeds.

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Flash Flood

Union, AR · Apr 7, 2019

A warm front mixed north across portions of Deep East Texas to near the Louisiana/Arkansas border during the early morning hours of April 7th, but steep lapse rates aloft and a shortwave trough which ejected northeast over Northeast Texas, North Louisiana, and Southern Arkansas…

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Flash Flood

Columbia, AR · Apr 7, 2019

A warm front mixed north across portions of Deep East Texas to near the Louisiana/Arkansas border during the early morning hours of April 7th, but steep lapse rates aloft and a shortwave trough which ejected northeast over Northeast Texas, North Louisiana, and Southern Arkansas…

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Flash Flood

Columbia, AR · Apr 7, 2019

A warm front mixed north across portions of Deep East Texas to near the Louisiana/Arkansas border during the early morning hours of April 7th, but steep lapse rates aloft and a shortwave trough which ejected northeast over Northeast Texas, North Louisiana, and Southern Arkansas…

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Flash Flood

Columbia, AR · Apr 7, 2019

A warm front mixed north across portions of Deep East Texas to near the Louisiana/Arkansas border during the early morning hours of April 7th, but steep lapse rates aloft and a shortwave trough which ejected northeast over Northeast Texas, North Louisiana, and Southern Arkansas…

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