Flash Flood, Searcy
- When
- June 25, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Searcy County, Gilbert
- Reported by
- PARK/FOREST SERVICE
- Coordinates
- 35.911, -92.699 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Arkansas, June 25, 1999
Excessive rain covered several roads with water near Gilbert along the Buffalo River. Several rescues also took place along the river due to high water.
Where it happened
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- 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.
Excessive rain covered several roads with water near Gilbert along the Buffalo River. Several rescues also took place along the river due to high water.
The radar
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 126 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:29 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
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More
Every storm in Arkansas in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Arkansas, June 1999
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: 5708360.