Flash Flood, Ashley
- When
- November 27, 12:30 AM CST to 2:30 AM CST
- Where
- Ashley County, Countywide
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 33.191, -91.768 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Numerous county roads were flooded.
Flash Flood in Arkansas, November 27, 2001
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.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
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 Jackson, MS wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Nov 27, 12:30 AM CST, 0 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 27, 12:30 AM CST, 0 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1230 AM CST TUE NOV 27 2001 UPDATED THE FORECAST 30 MINUTES AGO TO UPDATE TORNADO WATCH INFORMATION. SPC ISSUED NEW TORNADO WATCH BOX FROM 11 PM THROUGH 4 AM FOR MANY OF OUR WESTERN AND NORTHERN ZONES. ALSO RAISED WIND SPEEDS TONIGHT IN WESTERN ZONES TO 10 - 20 MPH BASED ON RECENT OBSERVATION. ALSO INCREASED MINIMUM TEMPERATURE FORECASTS FOR ALL ZONES SINCE SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL KEEP LOW TEMPERATURES FROM DROPPING MUCH LOWER. .JAN... MS...NONE. LA...NONE. AR...NONE. 15
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Nov 26, 8:00 PM CST, 4 hours 30 minutes before
ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>030-032>038- 040>044-047>050-053>056-059>064-270300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 800 PM CST MON NOV 26 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS CANCELED A PORTION OF TORNADO WATCH 828. COUNTIES CANCELED INCLUDE: IN NORTH MISSISSIPPI: CLAY...CHOCTAW...OKTIBBEHA... IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI: ATTALA...WINSTON...MADISON...LEAKE...HINDS...RANKIN...SCOTT... COPIAH...SIMPSON...SMITH... IN SOUTH MISSISSIPPI: LINCOLN...LAWRENCE...JEFFERSON DAVIS... THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED TEMPORARILY ACROSS THIS AREA...BUT THE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER MAY INCREASE AGAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT. TORNADO WATCH 828 REMAINS VALID UNTIL 1100 PM CST MONDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES AND PARISHES: IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS: ASHLEY...CHICOT... IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA: MOREHOUSE...WEST CARROLL...EAST CARROLL...RICHLAND...MADISON LA... FRANKLIN LA...TENSAS...CATAHOULA...CONCORDIA... IN NORTH MISSISSIPPI: BOLIVAR...SUNFLOWER...LEFLORE...GRENADA...CARROLL...MONTGOMERY... WEBSTER...WASHINGTON... IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI: HUMPHREYS...HOLMES...ISSAQUENA...SHARKEY...YAZOO...WARREN... CLAIBORNE...JEFFERSON... IN SOUTH MISSISSIPPI: ADAMS...FRANKLIN...
Special weather statement, Nov 26, 8:15 PM CST, 4 hours 15 minutes before
ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>030-032>038- 040>044-047>050-053>056-059>064-270500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED CODING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 815 PM CST MON NOV 26 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS CANCELED A PORTION OF TORNADO WATCH 828. COUNTIES CANCELED INCLUDE: IN NORTH MISSISSIPPI: CLAY...CHOCTAW...OKTIBBEHA... IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI: ATTALA...WINSTON...MADISON...LEAKE...HINDS...RANKIN...SCOTT... COPIAH...SIMPSON...SMITH... IN SOUTH MISSISSIPPI: LINCOLN...LAWRENCE...JEFFERSON DAVIS... THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED TEMPORARILY ACROSS THIS AREA...BUT THE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER MAY INCREASE AGAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT. TORNADO WATCH 828 REMAINS VALID UNTIL 1100 PM CST MONDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES AND PARISHES: IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS: ASHLEY...CHICOT... IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA: MOREHOUSE...WEST CARROLL...EAST CARROLL...RICHLAND...MADISON LA... FRANKLIN LA...TENSAS...CATAHOULA...CONCORDIA... IN NORTH MISSISSIPPI: BOLIVAR...SUNFLOWER...LEFLORE...GRENADA...CARROLL...MONTGOMERY... WEBSTER...WASHINGTON... IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI: HUMPHREYS...HOLMES...ISSAQUENA...SHARKEY...YAZOO...WARREN... CLAIBORNE...JEFFERSON... IN SOUTH MISSISSIPPI: ADAMS...FRANKLIN...
Local storm report, Nov 26, 11:41 PM CST, 49 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1141 PM CST MON NOV 26 2001
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0645 PM GRAND LAKE AR 0.75 INCH HAIL
11/26/01 CHICOT REPORTED BY CHICOT COUNTY
EMA.
1045 PM PACE MS 0.75 INCH HAIL
11/26/01 BOLIVAR REPORTED BY BOLIVAR
COUNTY EMA.The radar
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 189 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:30 UTC.
Event by event
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Dense Fog in South Carolina, November 27, 2001
- Winter Storm in Missouri, November 27 to 28, 2001
- High Wind in California, November 27, 2001
- Ice Storm in Texas, November 27 to 29, 2001
- Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in Oklahoma, November 27 to 28, 2001
- Flash Flood in Louisiana, November 27, 2001
- Winter Storm in Oregon, November 27 to 28, 2001
- Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in Texas, November 27 to 28, 2001
- Winter Storm in Texas, November 27 to 28, 2001
- Frost and Freeze in California, November 27, 2001
- Dense Fog in California, November 27, 2001
- Dense Fog in California, November 27 to 28, 2001
More
Every storm in Arkansas in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Arkansas, November 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: 5272735.