Flash Flood, Carroll
- When
- June 29, 2:45 PM CST to 3:45 PM CST
- Where
- Carroll County, 4 mi W of Rudd
- Coordinates
- 36.341, -93.538 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flooding in Arkansas, June 29, 1997
2 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 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
- 2
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 Springfield radar (KSGF), 100 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:46 UTC.
Event by event
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash Flood, Madison
- When
- June 29, 2:45 PM CST to 3:45 PM CST
- Where
- Madison County, Marble
- Coordinates
- 36.011, -93.725 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorms during the afternoon of June 29th produced very heavy rainfall which resulted in flash flooding in southern Carroll and northern Madison Counties of northwest Arkansas. 18 inches of gravel were washed out onto State Highway 21 4 miles west of Rudd, and high water covered several county roads near Kingston and Marble.
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
- Lightning Strike in Florida, June 29, 1997
- Flash Flood and Hail in Texas, June 29, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Oklahoma, June 29 to 30, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Ohio, June 29, 1997
- Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, June 29, 1997
- Flood in Minnesota, June 29, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, June 29, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Wisconsin, June 29, 1997
- Hail in Iowa, June 29, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Mississippi, June 29, 1997
- Hail in South Dakota, June 29, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 29, 1997
More
Every storm in Arkansas in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Arkansas, June 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: 5620365, 5620366.