Flash Flood Warnings in Arkansas
5,311 flash flood warnings since 1986. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of flash flood warnings reaches back to 1986.
Flash Flood Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Flash Flood Warnings
- 5,311
- Busiest year
- 2009363 flash flood warnings
- Average year
- 130over 41 years on file
Over time
By year
Before October 2007 these were issued for whole counties, and a storm crossing three counties was often three warnings; since then one polygon follows the storm. The count changed with the practice, not only with the weather.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Pulaski County386
- Hot Spring County344
- Saline County323
- Lonoke County298
- Garland County295
- Montgomery County295
- White County293
- Yell County291
- Polk County286
- Faulkner County273
- Scott County270
- Clark County268
- Pope County249
- Logan County247
- Jefferson County244
- Crittenden County239
- Searcy County236
- Newton County232
- Johnson County230
- Dallas County227
- Pike County226
- Grant County226
- Independence County226
- Van Buren County217
- Prairie County216
- Cleveland County214
- Stone County214
- Perry County211
- Arkansas County209
- Lawrence County202
- Crawford County199
- Washington County197
- Craighead County196
- Conway County194
- Cleburne County194
- Calhoun County194
- Ouachita County191
- Drew County191
- Randolph County190
- Mississippi County189
35 more counties
- Sebastian County188
- Benton County185
- Desha County183
- Lincoln County183
- Jackson County183
- Chicot County181
- Marion County181
- Bradley County181
- Baxter County180
- Greene County179
- Izard County177
- Sharp County177
- Franklin County176
- Madison County169
- Clay County169
- Poinsett County168
- Woodruff County163
- Boone County159
- Cross County157
- Monroe County152
- Ashley County150
- Little River County147
- Carroll County145
- Phillips County144
- Sevier County143
- St. Francis County141
- Lee County139
- Howard County138
- Miller County136
- Fulton County134
- Hempstead County133
- Union County115
- Columbia County114
- Nevada County100
- Lafayette County98
The latest flash flood warnings
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 11, 1:41 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Independence, Jackson, Lawrence, Randolph, Sharp | 71 min |
| Sep 10, 11:42 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Randolph | 2 hr |
| Aug 24, 8:38 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Cleveland, Desha, Drew, Jefferson, Lincoln | 2 hr |
| Aug 24, 8:31 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Chicot | 2 hr |
| Aug 24, 7:26 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Conway, Faulkner | 2 hr |
| Aug 20, 8:42 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Hot Spring | 2 hr |
| Aug 8, 1:47 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Miller | 110 min |
| Aug 8, 11:28 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Howard, Sevier | 2 hr |
| Aug 8, 10:58 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Howard | 3 hr |
| Aug 8, 9:55 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Pike | 5 hr |
| Aug 7, 8:29 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Polk | 3 hr |
| Aug 7, 6:46 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Polk | 3 hr |
Nearby
Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Rebuilt daily.