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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.

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Woodruff, AR · Aug 31, 2017

The projected track of Harvey was directed toward the Tennessee Valley to finish the month. Areas east of Little Rock (Pulaski County) were close enough to the track to worry about heavy downpours and localized flash flooding.||Flash Flood Watches were posted in eastern sections…

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Howard, AR · Aug 23, 2017

A weak frontal boundary moved into Southeast Oklahoma and Southwest Arkansas from the north during the early morning hours of August 23rd. Upper level impulses in the northwest flow aloft interacted with ample low level moisture and forcing near the frontal boundary to produce…

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Prairie, AR · Aug 31, 2017

The projected track of Harvey was directed toward the Tennessee Valley to finish the month. Areas east of Little Rock (Pulaski County) were close enough to the track to worry about heavy downpours and localized flash flooding.||Flash Flood Watches were posted in eastern sections…

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Desha, AR · Aug 31, 2017

The projected track of Harvey was directed toward the Tennessee Valley to finish the month. Areas east of Little Rock (Pulaski County) were close enough to the track to worry about heavy downpours and localized flash flooding.||Flash Flood Watches were posted in eastern sections…

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Hot Spring, AR · Jun 23, 2017

Showers and thunderstorms brought damaging winds and flooding.||The rain intensified and was widespread south and east of Little Rock (Pulaski County) during the wee hours of the 23rd. This is when Cindy crossed the region.

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Little River, AR · Jul 5, 2017

Scattered strong thunderstorms developed during the early morning hours on July 5th, near a weak surface front and south of a closed upper level low pressure system over Eastern Oklahoma that drifted northeast along the Arkansas/Missouri border.

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Little River, AR · Jul 5, 2017

Scattered strong thunderstorms developed during the early morning hours on July 5th, near a weak surface front and south of a closed upper level low pressure system over Eastern Oklahoma that drifted northeast along the Arkansas/Missouri border.

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Little River, AR · Jul 5, 2017

Scattered strong thunderstorms developed during the early morning hours on July 5th, near a weak surface front and south of a closed upper level low pressure system over Eastern Oklahoma that drifted northeast along the Arkansas/Missouri border.

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Little River, AR · Jul 5, 2017

Scattered strong thunderstorms developed during the early morning hours on July 5th, near a weak surface front and south of a closed upper level low pressure system over Eastern Oklahoma that drifted northeast along the Arkansas/Missouri border.

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Little River, AR · Jul 5, 2017

Scattered strong thunderstorms developed during the early morning hours on July 5th, near a weak surface front and south of a closed upper level low pressure system over Eastern Oklahoma that drifted northeast along the Arkansas/Missouri border.

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Sebastian, AR · May 20, 2017

A slow-moving, strong upper level storm system moved from the Central Rockies into the Central Plains on the 18th and 19th. A dry line sharpened ahead of this system across western Oklahoma by early afternoon on the 18th, as a frontal boundary over northern Oklahoma shifted…

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Crawford, AR · Apr 30, 2017

A warm front lifted north from Texas into eastern Oklahoma and northwestern Arkansas on the 28th. A strong low level jet developed across the region, resulting in the unseasonably moist air that was in place being lifted over the frontal boundary.

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Woodruff, AR · Aug 16, 2017

Heavy rain brought flooding to the Cache River during the middle of August.||Given all of the rain, flooding was almost non-existent locally. That changed on the 15th. The front had lifted a bit to the north by this time, and was draped across central Arkansas.

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Woodruff, AR · Aug 31, 2017

Heavy rain brought more flooding to the Cache River at Patterson on August 31, 2017.||The projected track of Harvey was directed toward the Tennessee Valley to finish the month.

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Ouachita, AR · May 2, 2021

Heavy rain brought flooding to several rivers in early May. It was all about the rain in May. High moisture levels yielded heavy downpours and wet conditions from western into central Arkansas.

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Conway, AR · May 1, 2021

Heavy rain brought flooding to several rivers in early May. It was all about the rain in May. High moisture levels yielded heavy downpours and wet conditions from western into central Arkansas.

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Perry, AR · May 1, 2021

Heavy rain brought flooding to several rivers in early May. It was all about the rain in May. High moisture levels yielded heavy downpours and wet conditions from western into central Arkansas.

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Lawrence, AR · May 1, 2021

Heavy rain brought flooding to several rivers in early May. It was all about the rain in May. High moisture levels yielded heavy downpours and wet conditions from western into central Arkansas.

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Randolph, AR · May 1, 2021

Heavy rain brought flooding to several rivers in early May. It was all about the rain in May. High moisture levels yielded heavy downpours and wet conditions from western into central Arkansas.

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Independence, AR · May 1, 2021

Heavy rain brought flooding to several rivers in early May. It was all about the rain in May. High moisture levels yielded heavy downpours and wet conditions from western into central Arkansas.

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White, AR · May 4, 2021

Heavy rain brought flooding to several rivers in early May. It was all about the rain in May. High moisture levels yielded heavy downpours and wet conditions from western into central Arkansas.

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Woodruff, AR · May 1, 2021

Heavy rain brought flooding to several rivers in early May. It was all about the rain in May. High moisture levels yielded heavy downpours and wet conditions from western into central Arkansas.

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Prairie, AR · May 5, 2021

Heavy rain brought flooding to several rivers in early May. It was all about the rain in May. High moisture levels yielded heavy downpours and wet conditions from western into central Arkansas.

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Monroe, AR · May 2, 2021

Heavy rain brought flooding to several rivers in early May. It was all about the rain in May. High moisture levels yielded heavy downpours and wet conditions from western into central Arkansas.

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