Arkansas, 2001

Flash 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.

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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  • Wind
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  • Cold
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  • Marine and coastal
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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 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.

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Local 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.

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 141 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:45 UTC.

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Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

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.

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

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: 5250825.