Flood, Crawford
- When
- May 21, 6:00 PM CST to May 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Crawford forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Flooding in Arkansas, May 21 to 31, 1999
The Arkansas River at Van Buren rose above its flood stage of 22 feet at 700 PM CDT on May 21. 8 feet at Noon CDT on May 24 before falling back below flood stage at 300 AM CDT on June 1.
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 700 PM CDT on May 21. The river crested at a level of 23.8 feet at Noon CDT on May 24 before falling back below flood stage at 300 AM CDT on June 1.
Event by event
2 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flood, Sebastian
- When
- May 21, 6:00 PM CST to May 31, 11:59 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
- Flooding in Iowa, May 21 to 25, 1999
- Tornado in Florida, May 21, 1999
- Hail in Nebraska, May 21, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Florida, May 21, 1999
- Hail in Florida, May 21, 1999
- Wildfire in Florida, May 21 to 25, 1999
- Hail in Nebraska, May 21, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, May 21, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Florida, May 21, 1999
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Oklahoma, May 21, 1999
- Hail in Montana, May 21, 1999
- Flash Flood and Hail in New Mexico, May 21, 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: 5701285, 5701286.