Flash Flood, Jefferson
- When
- February 3, 11:00 PM CST to February 4, 12:30 AM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County, Whitehall
- Coordinates
- 34.269, -91.931 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Arkansas, February 3 to 4, 1997
Heavy rains resulted in flash flooding in parts of Jefferson County. Several homes in the White Hall area were evacuated for a time due to the high water.
Where it happened
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- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- 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 LZK wrote it up.
Heavy rains resulted in flash flooding in parts of Jefferson County. Several homes in the White Hall area were evacuated for a time due to the high water. A number of county roads were also covered by high water for a period of time.
The radar
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 70 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:59 UTC.
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
- Flash Flood in California, February 3, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Iowa, February 3 to 4, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Tennessee, February 3, 1997
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, February 3 to 4, 1997
- Winter Storm in South Dakota, February 3 to 4, 1997
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, February 3 to 4, 1997
- Heavy Snow in South Dakota, February 3 to 4, 1997
- Winter Storm in Iowa, February 3 to 4, 1997
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, February 3 to 4, 1997
- Winter Storm in Illinois, February 3 to 4, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Iowa, February 3 to 4, 1997
- High Surf in Hawaii, February 3 to 4, 1997
More
Every storm in Arkansas in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Arkansas, February 1997
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: 5589298.