Arkansas, 2001Flash Flood in Arkansas, May 27 to 28, 2001
May 27 to 28, 2001 · NWS LZK · 1 event in 1 county or zone
1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- 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 May 27, 12:30 PM CST, 9 hours 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 27, 12:30 PM CST, 9 hours 15 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
130 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 2001
MCS COMPLEX COULD AFFECT AR LATER TONIGHT WITH NW FLOW AND GOOD PVA
INDICATED ACROSS WEST AND SOUTH AFTER MIDNIGHT. IN THE MEANTIME WEAK
OUTFLOW FROM NE TX CONVECTION EARLIER MAY SET OFF CONVECTION CENTRAL
AND SOUTH THIS EVE SO PUT CHC POPS THIS EVENING THEN INCREASING TO
LIKELY LATER WITH MAIN SYSTEM. MOS POPS PROBABLY TOO LOW FOR MON
AND TUE AS ATMOS STILL UNSTABLE ENUF ESPECIALLY ON TUE WITH GOOD PVA
AGAIN MOVING ACRS STATE IN NW FLOW. SHUD BE SCT TSTMS THRU WED AS
UPPER SYSTEM OVER IL BEGINS TO FINALLY MOVE EAST BY END OF WEEK.
(ZIEGENBEIN - MY LAST AFD/ZONES - RETIRING AFT@ER 32 YEARS)
.LIT...NONE.
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 27, 7:15 PM CST, 2 hours 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
815 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0430 PM SNOW LAKE AR 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/27/01 DESHA REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
0510 PM 3 N ETHEL AR 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/27/01 ARKANSAS REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
0605 PM STUTTGART AR 1 INCH HAIL
05/27/01 ARKANSAS REPORTED BY SHERIFFS
OFFICE.
0640 PM 5 NE SARDIS AR .75 INCH HAIL
05/27/01 SALINE AT THE EAST END
COMMUNITY. REPORTED BY
PUBLIC.
0720 PM ALMYRA AR 1.25 INCH HAIL
05/27/01 ARKANSAS REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0800 PM 2 NW MT IDA AR .75 INCH HAIL
05/27/01 MONTGOMERY REPORTED BY SHERIFFS
OFFICE.Local storm report, May 27, 7:48 PM CST, 1 hour 57 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
848 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0600 PM CROCKETTS BLUFF AR 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/27/01 ARKANSAS HAIL RANGED FROM THE
SIZE OF WILD PLUMS TO
GOLFBALL SIZE. REPORTED
BY PUBLIC.
0815 PM CROCKETTS BLUFF AR .88 INCH HAIL
05/27/01 ARKANSAS DIME TO NICKEL SIZE
HAIL. REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
0815 PM MT IDA AR 1.25 INCH HAIL
05/27/01 MONTGOMERY WINDSHIELD BROKEN BY
HAIL JUST NORTH OF
TOWN. REPORTED BY
SHERIFFS OFFICE.
0827 PM 2 E MT IDA AR 1 INCH HAIL
05/27/01 MONTGOMERY DIME TO QUARTER SIZE
HAIL. REPORTED BY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.Local storm report, May 27, 7:59 PM CST, 1 hour 46 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
859 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0845 PM HOLLY GROVE AR .75 INCH HAIL
05/27/01 MONROE REPORTED BY PUBLIC.Local storm report, May 27, 8:37 PM CST, 1 hour 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
937 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0915 PM DAISY AR .88 INCH HAIL
05/27/01 PIKE REPORTED BY SHERIFFS
OFFICE.Local storm report, May 27, 9:08 PM CST, 37 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1008 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0937 PM DAISY AR .75 INCH HAIL
05/27/01 PIKE EVENT DURATION 3
MINUTES. REPORTED BY
SHERIFFS OFFICE.
0938 PM 5 S KIRBY AR 1 INCH HAIL
05/27/01 PIKE IN THE COWHIDE AREA.
REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
lLocal storm report, May 27, 9:29 PM CST, 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1029 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1020 PM 5 SSW KIRBY AR WIND DAMAGE
05/27/01 PIKE LARGE LIMBS DOWN AT
COWHIDE COVE ON LAKE
GREESON. REPORTED BY
SHERIFFS OFFICE.Flash Flood, Pike
- When
- May 27, 9:45 PM CST to May 28, 1:00 AM CST
- Where
- Pike County, 5 mi S of Kirby
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 34.164, -93.656 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Up to 6 inches of rain resulted in flash flooding along Highway 27 about 5 miles south of Kirby. The water was as high as 4 feet over the highway, with the highway closed temporarily. Many county roads and culverts were washed out or damaged due to high water. On Lake Greeson, the water forced the closure of several campgrounds. Rising water on the upper reaches of the Little Missouri River blocked roads, with several campers stranded.
- 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.
- Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, May 27 to 28, 20011 death · 4 injured · $25 million · F1 · 194 events
- Tornado in New Jersey, May 27, 2001$1.0 million · F2 · 1 event
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, May 27, 2001$935,000 · F0 · 80 events
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, May 27, 200119 injured · 1.5 in hail · 2 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, May 27 to 28, 2001$499,000 · 2 in hail · 49 events
- Tornado and Hail in Maryland, May 27, 2001$514,000 · F1 · 9 events
- Tornadoes and Hail in Virginia, May 27, 2001$448,000 · F1 · 11 events
- Tornadoes and Hail in Mississippi, May 27 to 28, 2001$168,000 · F0 · 28 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, May 27, 20012 injured · $150,000 · 59 kt wind · 8 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, May 27 to 28, 20011 injured · $50,000 · 1.75 in hail · 33 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, May 27, 2001$130,000 · 69 kt wind · 7 events
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, May 27, 20012.5 in hail · 36 events
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: 5250825.