Flash Flooding and Hail in Arkansas, July 13, 2001

Name: Flash Flooding and Hail in Arkansas, July 13, 2001
Start: 2001-07-13T00:25
End: 2001-07-13T05:00
Location: Arkansas

July 13, 2001 · NWS TSA · 4 events in 3 counties and zones

2 flash flood, 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 4

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 Jul 12, 8:35 PM CST, 3 hours 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 12, 8:35 PM CST, 3 hours 50 minutes before

EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
935 PM CDT THU JUL 12 2001

COLD FRONT IS SLOWLY SAGGING SOUTH ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND
EXTENDS FROM NEAR JAY TO STILLWATER AT 9 PM. THIS FRONT WILL
CONTINUE TO MOVE ONLY VERY SLOWLY SOUTH OVERNIGHT AND WILL NOT MAKE
IT THROUGH THE ENTIRE AREA UNTIL DURING THE DAY FRIDAY.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE BEGINNING TO DEVELOP ACROSS ARKANSAS
AND FAR SOUTHERN MISSOURI AND SHOULD BUILD WEST WITH TIME INTO
NORTHWEST ARKANSAS AND PARTS OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AS WEAK NOCTURNAL
LOW LEVEL JET SETS UP AND ENHANCES LIFT NORTH OF THE SURFACE
BOUNDARY AND ALONG THE 850 MILLIBAR BOUNDARY. WITH THE BOUNDARIES
BEING FURTHER NORTH THAN EARLIER EXPECTED...THE BEST RAIN CHANCES
OVERNIGHT WILL ALSO BE FURTHER NORTH. IT WILL LIKELY BE TOWARDS
MORNING BEFORE ANY CHANCE OF RAIN WILL BE SEEN IN THE MCALESTER AREA
AND THE RED RIVER COUNTIES WILL LIKELY REMAIN DRY OVERNIGHT.

WILL ADJUST FIRST PERIOD POPS AND TEMPERATURES TO REFLECT THIS
SLOWER EVOLUTION. WILL LEAVE LATER PERIODS ALONE FOR NOW AS IT LOOKS
LIKE RAIN SHOULD BE GONE BY LATE FRIDAY MOST EVERYWHERE.
CONSIDERABLE CLOUDINESS MAY MAKE FOR A COOL DAY FRIDAY BUT IT WILL
ONLY TAKE A FEW BREAKS IN THE CLOUDS TO ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO REACH
THE FORECASTED 80S SO WILL LEAVE THIS ALONE FOR NOW.

UPDATE WILL BE OUT SHORTLY.

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

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The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 66 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:25 UTC.

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Event by event

2 flash flood, 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Franklin

When: July 13, 12:25 AM CST
Where: Franklin County, Cass
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: POST OFFICE
Coordinates: 35.683, -93.817

Thunderstorm Wind, Washington

When: July 13, 3:35 AM CST
Where: Washington County, Durham
Measured: 61 kt (70 mph)
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 35.950, -93.983

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

Flash Flood, Madison

When: July 13, 5:00 AM CST
Where: Madison County, 1 mi W of Witter
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 36.011, -93.725 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy thunderstorm rains caused water to flow over a local road just west of Witter.

Flash Flood, Washington

When: July 13, 5:00 AM CST
Where: Washington County, Fayetteville
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 35.979, -94.216 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy thunderstorm rains caused widespread street flooding in Fayetteville.

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.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Arkansas in 2001 Every state in 2001 This day in weather history Warnings in Arkansas, July 2001

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: 5260495, 5260496, 5260582, 5260583.