Arkansas, 2001

Flash Flooding and Hail in Arkansas, August 10, 2001

August 10, 2001 · NWS TSA · 8 events in 4 counties and zones

4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 2 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$1,000
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
8

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 forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Tulsa, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 10, 9:15 AM CST, 5 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 10, 9:15 AM CST, 5 hours before
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1015 AM CDT FRI AUG 10 2001

LATEST VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWING PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES AT BEST
ACROSS THE CWA AT THIS TIME.  THIS WILL ALLOW TEMPS TO GET A GOOD
HEAD START SO WILL BUMP THEM UP A BIT MAINLY ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST
HALF.  NEAR THE FRONT...TEMPS ARE WARMING MUCH SLOWER SO WE MAY BE
O.K. THERE.  FEEL THAT CLOUDS WILL REDEVELOP AS HEATING TAKES PLACE
SO WILL GO WITH BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY WORDING ACROSS THE NORTHERN
ZONES.  KEPT PRECIP CHANCES ABOUT THE SAME WITH SCATTERED CONVECTION
LIKELY TO POP UP ANYWHERE.  UPDATE OUT ON THE HEELS OF THE
DISCUSSION.

HOWIESON
FCSTID = 44

.TSA...
AR...NONE.
OK...NONE.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 10, 12:08 PM CST, 2 hours 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
108 PM CDT FRI AUG 10 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0740 PM    1 N BLUEJACKET            OK    WIND DAMAGE
08/09/01   CRAIG                           TRAILER HOUSE ELEVATED
                                           FOR TRANSPORTING ROLLED
                                           OVER AND TREE DAMAGE
                                           RPTD BY EM.

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The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 60 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:25 UTC.

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Event by event

4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Washington

When
August 10, 2:15 PM CST
Where
Washington County, Winslow
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
35.800, -94.133

Thunderstorm Wind, Washington

When
August 10, 3:20 PM CST
Where
Washington County, Lincoln
Measured
61 kt (70 mph)
Property damage
$1,000
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
35.950, -94.417

Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down trees. The trees fell onto power lines.

Flash Flood, Washington

When
August 10, 4:00 PM CST
Where
Washington County, Southeast Portion
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
35.979, -94.216 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy thunderstorm rains caused county roads near Brentwood to be flooded.

Hail, Benton

When
August 10, 4:15 PM CST
Where
Benton County, Garfield
Measured
1.75 in hail
Reported by
AMATEUR RADIO
Coordinates
36.450, -93.967

Thunderstorm Wind, Franklin

When
August 10, 4:50 PM CST
Where
Franklin County, Ozark
Measured
61 kt (70 mph)
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
35.500, -93.833

Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down trees.

Thunderstorm Wind, Franklin

When
August 10, 5:06 PM CST
Where
Franklin County, 1 mi NE of Ozark
Measured
69 kt (79 mph)
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
35.517, -93.817

Thunderstorm Wind, Carroll

When
August 10, 5:06 PM CST
Where
Carroll County, Carrollton
Measured
61 kt (70 mph)
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
36.267, -93.317

Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew several trees down.

Flash Flood, Franklin

When
August 10, 5:30 PM CST to 6:00 PM CST
Where
Franklin County, Ozark
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
35.512, -93.891 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy thunderstorm rains caused major street flooding.

What these are

Hail
Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
Thunderstorm Wind
Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
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.

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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: 5264874, 5264875, 5264877, 5264876, 5264878, 5264879, 5264880, 5264881.