Flood, Crawford
- When
- May 16, 2:00 AM CST to May 20, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Crawford forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Flooding in Arkansas, May 16 to 20, 1999
The Arkansas River at Van Buren rose above its flood stage of 22 feet at 300 AM CDT on May 16. 0 feet at 200 PM CDT on May 18 before falling back below flood stage at 1000 PM CDT on May 20.
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 300 AM CDT on May 16. The river crested at a level of 24.0 feet at 200 PM CDT on May 18 before falling back below flood stage at 1000 PM CDT on May 20.
Event by event
2 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flood, Sebastian
- When
- May 16, 2:00 AM CST to May 20, 9:00 PM 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
- Tornado in Iowa, May 16, 1999
- Tornado in Iowa, May 16, 1999
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Iowa, May 16 to 17, 1999
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Iowa, May 16 to 17, 1999
- Tornado in Iowa, May 16, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, May 16, 1999
- Flooding in Iowa, May 16 to 20, 1999
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Oklahoma, May 16 to 17, 1999
- Rip Current in California, May 16, 1999
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Wisconsin, May 16 to 17, 1999
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Kansas, May 16 to 17, 1999
- Hail in Kansas, May 16, 1999
More
Every storm in Arkansas in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Arkansas, May 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: 5701283, 5701284.