2,237 first-hand accounts of flood events in Arkansas, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
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 →Showers and thunderstorms developed across northeastern Oklahoma and northwestern Arkansas during the early morning hours of the 24th, as warm and moist air was drawn up over a warm front that stretched through the region.
Read the full account →Showers and thunderstorms developed across northeastern Oklahoma and northwestern Arkansas during the early morning hours of the 24th, as warm and moist air was drawn up over a warm front that stretched through the region.
Read the full account →Numerous supercell thunderstorms moved across Arkansas from the evening of the 13th into the early morning hours of the 14th. These storms produced multiple weak tornadoes and damaging wind gusts across the state.
Read the full account →Numerous supercell thunderstorms moved across Arkansas from the evening of the 13th into the early morning hours of the 14th. These storms produced multiple weak tornadoes and damaging wind gusts across the state.
Read the full account →Numerous supercell thunderstorms moved across Arkansas from the evening of the 13th into the early morning hours of the 14th. These storms produced multiple weak tornadoes and damaging wind gusts across the state.
Read the full account →Numerous supercell thunderstorms moved across Arkansas from the evening of the 13th into the early morning hours of the 14th. These storms produced multiple weak tornadoes and damaging wind gusts across the state.
Read the full account →The remnants of Tropical Storm Hermine passed to the west and north of Arkansas. As a result, tropical moisture was pulled up into Arkansas. A stationary front concentrated the heaviest rain across northern Arkansas.
Read the full account →Heavy rains over several days brought flooding to many rivers in Arkansas. Through 6 am CST on the 25th, four to more than ten inches of water was measured in a five day period. At many locations, this was two months of rain in just a few days.
Read the full account →Heavy rains over several days brought flooding to many rivers in Arkansas. Through 6 am CST on the 25th, four to more than ten inches of water was measured in a five day period. At many locations, this was two months of rain in just a few days.
Read the full account →Heavy rains over several days brought flooding to many rivers in Arkansas. Through 6 am CST on the 25th, four to more than ten inches of water was measured in a five day period. At many locations, this was two months of rain in just a few days.
Read the full account →Heavy rains over several days brought flooding to many rivers in Arkansas. Through 6 am CST on the 25th, four to more than ten inches of water was measured in a five day period. At many locations, this was two months of rain in just a few days.
Read the full account →Heavy rains over several days brought flooding to many rivers in Arkansas. Through 6 am CST on the 25th, four to more than ten inches of water was measured in a five day period. At many locations, this was two months of rain in just a few days.
Read the full account →Heavy rains over several days brought flooding to many rivers in Arkansas. Through 6 am CST on the 25th, four to more than ten inches of water was measured in a five day period. At many locations, this was two months of rain in just a few days.
Read the full account →Heavy rains over several days brought flooding to many rivers in Arkansas. Through 6 am CST on the 25th, four to more than ten inches of water was measured in a five day period. At many locations, this was two months of rain in just a few days.
Read the full account →Heavy rains over several days brought flooding to many rivers in Arkansas. Through 6 am CST on the 25th, four to more than ten inches of water was measured in a five day period. At many locations, this was two months of rain in just a few days.
Read the full account →Heavy rains over several days brought flooding to many rivers in Arkansas. Through 6 am CST on the 25th, four to more than ten inches of water was measured in a five day period. At many locations, this was two months of rain in just a few days.
Read the full account →Heavy rains over several days brought flooding to many rivers in Arkansas. Through 6 am CST on the 25th, four to more than ten inches of water was measured in a five day period. At many locations, this was two months of rain in just a few days.
Read the full account →Heavy rains over several days brought flooding to many rivers in Arkansas. Through 6 am CST on the 25th, four to more than ten inches of water was measured in a five day period. At many locations, this was two months of rain in just a few days.
Read the full account →Heavy rains over several days brought flooding to many rivers in Arkansas. Through 6 am CST on the 25th, four to more than ten inches of water was measured in a five day period. At many locations, this was two months of rain in just a few days.
Read the full account →Heavy rains over several days brought flooding to many rivers in Arkansas. Through 6 am CST on the 25th, four to more than ten inches of water was measured in a five day period. At many locations, this was two months of rain in just a few days.
Read the full account →Heavy rains over several days brought flooding to many rivers in Arkansas. Through 6 am CST on the 25th, four to more than ten inches of water was measured in a five day period. At many locations, this was two months of rain in just a few days.
Read the full account →Heavy rains over several days brought flooding to many rivers in Arkansas. Through 6 am CST on the 25th, four to more than ten inches of water was measured in a five day period. At many locations, this was two months of rain in just a few days.
Read the full account →Widespread showers and thunderstorms developed across northwestern Arkansas during the afternoon and evening of the 6th. Unseasonably moist air across the region resulted in locally heavy rainfall with one to four inches of rain across the area, and as much as seven inches…
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