Flash Flood, Benton
- When
- July 10, 12:30 PM CST to 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Benton County, Nr War Eagle
- Coordinates
- 36.339, -94.256 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flooding in Arkansas, July 10, 1997
3 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 3 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- 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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash Flood, Carroll
- When
- July 10, 12:30 PM CST to 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Carroll County, Nr Busch
- Coordinates
- 36.341, -93.538 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood, Madison
- When
- July 10, 12:45 PM CST to 1:15 PM CST
- Where
- Madison County, Huntsville
- Coordinates
- 36.011, -93.725 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorms in northwest Arkansas during the morning and early afternoon of July 10th produced very heavy rainfall which resulted in flash flooding. Some county roads were covered by high water near War Eagle and near Busch, and widespread street flooding occurred in Huntsville.
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
- Heavy Rain in Nebraska, July 10, 1997
- Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in South Carolina, July 10, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Nebraska, July 10, 1997
- Hail in Utah, July 10, 1997
- Lightning Strikes in Florida, July 10, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Oklahoma, July 10, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Nebraska, July 10, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Florida, July 10, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, July 10, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, July 10, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Florida, July 10, 1997
- Heavy Rain in New Mexico, July 10, 1997
More
Every storm in Arkansas in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Arkansas, July 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: 5620895, 5620896, 5620897.