Arkansas, 2001

Flash Flood in Arkansas, August 10, 2001

August 10, 2001 · NWS LZK · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Thunderstorms remained nearly stationary over western Stone County, producing over 6 inches of rain in some areas in less than 2 hours. Some flooding was noted on a few county roads about 5 miles northeast of Rushing.

Where it happened

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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.

Thunderstorms remained nearly stationary over western Stone County, producing over 6 inches of rain in some areas in less than 2 hours. Some flooding was noted on a few county roads about 5 miles northeast of Rushing.

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 Little Rock, AR wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 10, 2:15 AM CST, 2 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 10, 2:15 AM CST, 2 hours 30 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
315 AM CDT FRI AUG 10 2001

A COLD FRONT WILL BE MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHWARD INTO THE NORTHERN SECTIONS
OF ARKANSAS TODAY. THIS WILL TRIGGER THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE NORTHERN TWO THIRDS OF THE STATE
TODAY AND TONIGHT. WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS
THE REST OF THE STATE TODAY AND TONIGHT. BY SATURDAY MORNING THE FRONT
WILL BE ILL DEFINED BUT POSSIBLY BE OVER CENTRAL ARKANSAS. SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED STATEWIDE SATURDAY. TEMPERATURES TODAY
WILL AGAIN BE 3 TO 9 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL OVER MOST LOCATIONS. SOMEWHAT
COOLER TEMPERATURES CAN BE EXPECTED SATURDAY WITH THE INCREASE IN CLOUDS
AND RAIN. HEAT INDICES WILL AGAIN CLIMB TO AROUND 105 AT A FEW LOCATIONS
THIS AFTERNOON FOR ONLY A FEW HOURS. MANY AREAS WILL REMAIN BELOW
105.

.LIT...NONE.

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The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 114 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 10:44 UTC.

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Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Stone

When
August 10, 4:45 AM CST to 7:00 AM CST
Where
Stone County, 5 mi NE of Rushing
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
35.860, -92.157 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

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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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: 5265897.