2,237 first-hand accounts of flood events in Arkansas, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
Excessive heavy rainfall developed across southwest Arkansas during the overnight and pre dawn hours of May 14th. This rainfall developed due to a very moist airmass in place across the Lower Mississippi Valley and a slow moving upper level low pressure system that moved…
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.
Read the full account →Low pressure aloft, approaching from the west, caused a line of thunderstorms to develop during the afternoon. The line moved very quickly, exiting the area during the early evening.
Read the full account →A warm, moist, unstable air mass was over Arkansas at the beginning of May. Areas of low pressure aloft moving across the state triggered scattered thunderstorms.||At North Little Rock and Morrilton, the rain contributed to making it the wettest May ever recorded in those cities.
Read the full account →Two organized lines of thunderstorms moved into eastern Oklahoma during the morning of the 10th, and merged as they moved into northwestern Arkansas.
Read the full account →Two organized lines of thunderstorms moved into eastern Oklahoma during the morning of the 10th, and merged as they moved into northwestern Arkansas.
Read the full account →Two organized lines of thunderstorms moved into eastern Oklahoma during the morning of the 10th, and merged as they moved into northwestern Arkansas.
Read the full account →Two organized lines of thunderstorms moved into eastern Oklahoma during the morning of the 10th, and merged as they moved into northwestern Arkansas.
Read the full account →Two organized lines of thunderstorms moved into eastern Oklahoma during the morning of the 10th, and merged as they moved into northwestern Arkansas.
Read the full account →Areas of heavy rainfall were observed as a complex of showers and a few thunderstorms moved across central sections of Arkansas. Several inches of rain fell rather quickly, causing flash flooding.
Read the full account →Areas of heavy rainfall were observed as a complex of showers and a few thunderstorms moved across central sections of Arkansas. Several inches of rain fell rather quickly, causing flash flooding.
Read the full account →Areas of heavy rainfall were observed as a complex of showers and a few thunderstorms moved across central sections of Arkansas. Several inches of rain fell rather quickly, causing flash flooding.
Read the full account →Areas of heavy rainfall were observed as a complex of showers and a few thunderstorms moved across central sections of Arkansas. Several inches of rain fell rather quickly, causing flash flooding.
Read the full account →Areas of heavy rainfall were observed as a complex of showers and a few thunderstorms moved across central sections of Arkansas. Several inches of rain fell rather quickly, causing flash flooding.
Read the full account →Areas of heavy rainfall were observed as a complex of showers and a few thunderstorms moved across central sections of Arkansas. Several inches of rain fell rather quickly, causing flash flooding.
Read the full account →Areas of heavy rainfall were observed as a complex of showers and a few thunderstorms moved across central sections of Arkansas. Several inches of rain fell rather quickly, causing flash flooding.
Read the full account →Areas of heavy rainfall were observed as a complex of showers and a few thunderstorms moved across central sections of Arkansas. Several inches of rain fell rather quickly, causing flash flooding.
Read the full account →Areas of heavy rainfall were observed as a complex of showers and a few thunderstorms moved across central sections of Arkansas. Several inches of rain fell rather quickly, causing flash flooding.
Read the full account →Areas of heavy rainfall were observed as a complex of showers and a few thunderstorms moved across central sections of Arkansas. Several inches of rain fell rather quickly, causing flash flooding.
Read the full account →Areas of heavy rainfall were observed as a complex of showers and a few thunderstorms moved across central sections of Arkansas. Several inches of rain fell rather quickly, causing flash flooding.
Read the full account →A strong upper low slowly pivoted towards Arkansas from Texas on the 28th. Abundant moisture streamed into the region ahead of the system, resulting in efficient rainfall rates over the northern half of the state once showers and thunderstorm initiated.
Read the full account →A strong upper low slowly pivoted towards Arkansas from Texas on the 28th. Abundant moisture streamed into the region ahead of the system, resulting in efficient rainfall rates over the northern half of the state once showers and thunderstorm initiated.
Read the full account →A strong upper low slowly pivoted towards Arkansas from Texas on the 28th. Abundant moisture streamed into the region ahead of the system, resulting in efficient rainfall rates over the northern half of the state once showers and thunderstorm initiated.
Read the full account →A strong upper low slowly pivoted towards Arkansas from Texas on the 28th. Abundant moisture streamed into the region ahead of the system, resulting in efficient rainfall rates over the northern half of the state once showers and thunderstorm initiated.
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