Aug 16, 2018
More than four inches of rain caused a nine foot rise on the Big Piney Creek near Dover (Pope County) during the evening of 08/19/2018. The flow jumped from 500 cubic feet per second (CFS) to 17,000 CFS in four hours. The Big Piney Creek climbed nine feet and overflowed. Roads near Treat (Pope County) were impassible due to water and storm debris. A similar rise occurred along the South Fork of the Little Red River at Clinton (Van Buren County).||Active weather continued on the 20th when a cold
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 779949). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Sharp County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.