Flash Flood, Benton
- When
- May 10, 7:45 PM CST
- Where
- Benton County, S of Siloam Springs
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 36.339, -94.256 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Arkansas, May 10, 1996
Thunderstorms developed in northwest Arkansas during the late afternoon and early evening of May 10th. One of the storms became severe and produced dime size hail 5 miles northeast of Lee Creek.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS TSA wrote it up.
Thunderstorms developed in northwest Arkansas during the late afternoon and early evening of May 10th. One of the storms became severe and produced dime size hail 5 miles northeast of Lee Creek. Very heavy rainfall from the thunderstorms resulted in flash flooding in Washington and Benton Counties. In Washington County, streams overflowed and some dirt roads were flooded in Cincinnati, and roads were flooded south of Farmington. In Benton County, street flooding occurred south of Siloam Springs, and water was 1 foot deep in some homes along State Highway 16 south of Siloam Springs.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Hail in Texas, May 10, 1996
- Flash Flood in Illinois, May 10 to 11, 1996
- Tornado in Iowa, May 10, 1996
- Tornado in Texas, May 10, 1996
- Tornado in Illinois, May 10, 1996
- Flash Flood in Illinois, May 10 to 11, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, May 10, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, May 10, 1996
- Flash Flood in Illinois, May 10 to 11, 1996
- Flash Flood in Indiana, May 10 to 11, 1996
- Flash Flood in Illinois, May 10, 1996
- Flash Flood in Indiana, May 10 to 11, 1996
More
Every storm in Arkansas in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Arkansas, May 1996
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5562733.