Flash Flood, Pulaski
- When
- August 10, 9:00 PM CST to 11:30 PM CST
- Where
- Pulaski County, Maumelle
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 34.770, -92.312 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Arkansas, August 10, 2001
Two to three inches of rain fell in a half hour, with flash flooding occurring in Maumelle. High water problems were noted mostly in the Meadowridge subdivision, with at least a dozen homes affected.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
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.
Two to three inches of rain fell in a half hour, with flash flooding occurring in Maumelle. High water problems were noted mostly in the Meadowridge subdivision, with at least a dozen homes affected. High water flowed from streets into the homes, with considerable damage noted.
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, 2:55 PM CST, 6 hours 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 10, 2:55 PM CST, 6 hours 5 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 355 PM CDT FRI AUG 10 2001 MODELS IN FAIR AGREEMENT TODAY. COLD FRONT ON NORTHWEST ARKANSAS-MISSOURI BORDER THIS AFTERNOON WILL CONTINUE TO DRIFT INTO ARKANSAS TONIGHT. FRONT SHOULD GET TO CENTRAL ARKANSAS SOMETIME DURING THE DAY ON SATURDAY. WILL CONTINUE CHANCE POPS FOR THE STATE TONIGHT WITH HIGHEST VALUES IN THE NORTH. WITH FRONT IN THE STATE ON SATURDAY...WILL GO WITH THUNDERSHOWERS LIKELY IN THE NORTH AND CHANCE POPS IN THE SOUTH. FRONT SHOULD MOVE OUT OF THE STATE SUNDAY NIGHT. WILL CONTINUE CHANCE POPS SUNDAY...AND IN THE CENTRAL AND SOUTH SUNDAY NIGHT. THEN DRY WEATHER BACK ON TAP FOR MUCH OF THE COMING WEEK. NGM MOS TEMPERATURES AND POPS NOT TOO FAR OUT OF LINE SO ONLY A FEW ADJUSTMENTS MADE. (22) .LIT...NONE.
The radar
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 9 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:59 UTC.
Event by event
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Lightning Strike in Florida, August 10, 2001
- Flash Flood in Alabama, August 10, 2001
- Lightning Strike in Massachusetts, August 10, 2001
- Lightning Strike in Delaware, August 10, 2001
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strikes in Texas, August 10, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, August 10, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Florida, August 10, 2001
- Flash Flooding in Mississippi, August 10, 2001
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, August 10, 2001
- Flash Flood in Alabama, August 10, 2001
- Flash Flood in Mississippi, August 10, 2001
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, August 10, 2001
More
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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: 5266078.