Flash Flood, Cleburne
- When
- June 4, 11:30 PM CST
- Where
- Cleburne County, Heber Spgs
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 35.538, -92.027 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Arkansas, June 4, 1998
THUNDERSTORMS BROUGHT BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN TO PARTS OF CLEBURNE COUNTY IN LESS THAN AN HOUR. SEVERAL STREETS IN HEBER SPRINGS WERE UNDER WATER.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 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
- 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.
THUNDERSTORMS BROUGHT BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN TO PARTS OF CLEBURNE COUNTY IN LESS THAN AN HOUR. SEVERAL STREETS IN HEBER SPRINGS WERE UNDER WATER. THE WATER FLOODED SOME LOCAL BUSINESSES, INCLUDING A BARBER SHOP.
The radar
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 81 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:32 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 Flooding and Hail in Texas, June 4 to 5, 1998
- Flood in Missouri, June 4, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, June 4 to 5, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, June 4, 1998
- Flash Flood in North Carolina, June 4, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, June 4, 1998
- Tornado in Arkansas, June 4, 1998
- Tornado and Heavy Snow in Utah, June 4 to 5, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, June 4, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 4 to 5, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, June 4, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Texas, June 4, 1998
More
Every storm in Arkansas in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Arkansas, June 1998
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: 5655610.