Flash Flood, Lincoln
- When
- March 5, 9:00 AM CST to 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Lincoln County, Star City
- Property damage
- $100,000
- Coordinates
- 33.958, -91.733 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Arkansas, March 5, 1997
Heavy rains resulted in flash flooding in and around Star City. A number of streets were covered with water for a period of time.
Where it happened
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- Wind
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- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $100,000
- 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 LZK wrote it up.
Heavy rains resulted in flash flooding in and around Star City. A number of streets were covered with water for a period of time. Several bridges and culverts in the western part of the county were also washed out.
The radar
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 109 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 15:01 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.
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More
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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: 5600804.