Flash Flood, Sharp
- When
- July 12, 4:30 AM CST
- Where
- Sharp County, 5 mi S of Evening Shade
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 36.161, -91.480 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Arkansas, July 12, 1998
Rainfall amounts of 3 to 5 inches in less than 3 hours brought flash flooding to extreme southwest Sharp County. Several gravel roads were under water or washed away, with a concrete bridge damaged.
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
- 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.
Rainfall amounts of 3 to 5 inches in less than 3 hours brought flash flooding to extreme southwest Sharp County. Several gravel roads were under water or washed away, with a concrete bridge damaged.
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.
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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: 5663153.