Arkansas, 2001

Flash Flood in Arkansas, June 14 to 15, 2001

June 14 to 15, 2001 · NWS SHV · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 1 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
$175,000
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 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 Shreveport, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 14, 8:00 PM CST, 2 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 14, 8:00 PM CST, 2 hours 30 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
900 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2001

WILL UPDATE THE ONGOING ZONES TO MAKE A FEW MINOR CHANGES. .TATE
WILL KEEP MENTION OF POSSIBLY SEVERE SINCE THERE HAVE BEEN
REPORTS OF WIND DAMAGE. WATCHES IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST...MUCH OF THE
NORTHERN 2/3RDS OF NORTHEAST TEXAS...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...AND
NORTHWEST LOUISIANA UNTIL AFTER MIDNIGHT.

WINDS UP TO 60 MPH LIKELY OVER PARTS OF THE WATCH AREA.

06

PREVIOUS NUMBERS...
SHV 73/88/68/93 6510
MLU 75/89/69/93 4620
TXK 72/87/67/90 7400
TYR 72/87/67/92 6300
LFK 75/90/70/94 5510

.SHV...NONE.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 14, 9:55 PM CST, 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1055 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2001

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

0845 PM    IDABEL                    OK   65 MPH TSTM GUST
06/14/01   MCCURTAIN                      TREES DOWNED OVER POWER
                                          LINES. REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT.

0850 PM    2 N CLARKSVILLE           TX   70 MPH TSTM GUST
06/14/01   RED RIVER                      TREES DOWNED ON HWY 37.
                                          REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT.

0855 PM    HOCHATOWN                 OK   65 MPH TSTM GUST
06/14/01   MCCURTAIN                      TREES DOWNED IN BEAVER
                                          BEND ST PARK. REPORTED BY
                                          LAW ENFORCEMENT.

0900 PM    TALCO                     TX   70 MPH TSTM GUST
06/14/01   TITUS                          TREES DOWNED. REPORTED BY
                                          LAW ENFORCEMENT.

0915 PM    DE KALB                   TX   70 MPH TSTM GUST
06/14/01   BOWIE                          CARPORT BLOWN OFF HOUSE
                                          NEAR TOWN. REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT.

0937 PM    2 E DE QUEEN              AR   65 MPH TSTM GUST
06/14/01   SEVIER                         TREES DOWN ALONG FM RD
                                          EAST OF TOWN. REPORTED BY
                                          LAW ENFORCEMENT.

0950 PM    MAUD                      TX   TSTM WIND GUST
06/14/01   BOWIE                          60-70 MPH ESTIMATED WINDS.
                                          REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT.

0950 PM    REDWATER                  TX   TSTM WIND GUST
06/14/01   BOWIE                          60-70 MPH ESTIMATED WINDS.
                                          REPORTED BY LAW     b                                      ENFORCEMENT.
                                          ENFORCEMENT.

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 141 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:32 UTC.

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Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Union

When
June 14, 10:30 PM CST to June 15, 4:30 AM CST
Where
Union County, El Dorado
Property damage
$175,000
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
33.171, -92.597 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Unofficial reports of 10 inches of rain were received which was responsible for washing out a number of roads, bridges and culverts throughout the area from El Dorado to Smackover. Murphy road was washed out completely and Hayes City Loop suffered extensive culvert damage while Silver Hill Loop was "cut in two." Silver Hill Loop arches northward from Arkansas 160 west of Smackover and was described as a scene that resembled the aftermath of a small bombing attack. The road simply vanished into a jagged crater than sank well past the original road bed, some six feet beneath the existing cap, into a pool of muddy water.

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: 5249494.