Flood, Crawford
- When
- March 18, 5:00 AM CST to March 21, 3:00 AM CST
- Where
- Crawford forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Flooding in Arkansas, March 18 to 21, 1999
The Arkansas River at Van Buren rose above its flood stage of 22 feet at 500 AM on March 18. 6 feet early on the afternoon of March 19 before falling back below flood stage early on the morning of March 21.
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS TSA wrote it up.
The Arkansas River at Van Buren rose above its flood stage of 22 feet at 500 AM on March 18. The river then crested at a level of 22.6 feet early on the afternoon of March 19 before falling back below flood stage early on the morning of March 21.
Event by event
2 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flood, Sebastian
- When
- March 18, 5:00 AM CST to March 21, 3:00 AM CST
- Where
- Sebastian forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
What these are
- Flood
- Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Wildfire in Florida, March 18, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Texas, March 18, 1999
- Strong Wind in New York, March 18, 1999
- Strong Wind in New Jersey, March 18, 1999
- Flash Flooding in Texas, March 18, 1999
- Strong Wind in Pennsylvania, March 18, 1999
- Winter Storm in Colorado, March 18 to 19, 1999
- Strong Wind in Maryland, March 18, 1999
- Strong Wind in Delaware, March 18, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Texas, March 18, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Kansas, March 18 to 19, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Texas, March 18 to 19, 1999
More
Every storm in Arkansas in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Arkansas, March 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: 5689106, 5689107.