Arkansas, 2001

Flash Flood in Arkansas, June 29, 2001

June 29, 2001 · NWS LZK · 1 event in 1 county or zone

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

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 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 Jun 29, 9:50 AM CST, 1 hour 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 29, 9:50 AM CST, 1 hour 5 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1050 AM CDT FRI JUN 29 2001

SCATTERED SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY OVER THE WEST AND SOUTH
AT MID MORNING. SATELLITE PICTURES ARE INDICATING SEVERAL BOUNDARIES
SETTING UP OVER ALL BUT THE EXTREME NORTHEAST AND EAST PORTIONS OF
FORECAST AREA. THESE WILL BE THE FOCUS POINTS FOR THUNDERSTORM
DEVELOPMENT AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AS DIURNAL HEATING TAKES PLACE.
LEFT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ALL SECTIONS FOR THIS AFTERNOON...WITH
BEST CHANCES IN THE WEST AND SOUTH. SAME FOR TONIGHT. REST OF
PREVIOUS FORECAST OKAY. (22)

.LIT...NONE.

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 153 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:54 UTC.

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Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Bradley

When
June 29, 10:55 AM CST to 12:00 PM CST
Where
Bradley County, 5 mi W of Hermitage
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
33.466, -92.162 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy rains resulted in flash flooding along Highway 160 west of Hermitage.

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.

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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: 5254027.