Arkansas, 2001

Flooding in Arkansas, November 28 to 30, 2001

November 28 to 30, 2001 · NWS MEG · 4 events in 4 counties and zones

Rainfall of 5 to 9 inches fell over parts of eastern Arkansas between November 26 and November 29. This produced widespread flooding with numerous roads washed out or flooded.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 4 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
$95,000
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
4

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 happened

The episode as NWS MEG wrote it up.

Rainfall of 5 to 9 inches fell over parts of eastern Arkansas between November 26 and November 29. This produced widespread flooding with numerous roads washed out or flooded. At least 25 homes were flooded forcing some residents to be evacuated.

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 Memphis, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Nov 28, 1:56 PM CST, 4 hours 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 28, 1:56 PM CST, 4 hours 44 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
156 PM CST WED NOV 28 2001

STATIONARY FRONT ALONG ROUGHLY A NE/SW LINE THRU TUP THIS AFTN. KNQA
SHOWS A LARGE AREA OF MDT-HVY PRECIP POISED TO MOVE INTO WRN PART OF
THE CWFA OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. SFC BOUNDARY WL MOVE SLIGHTLY
NWWD OVRNGT AS UPR TROF BEGINS TO MOVE OUT OF TX. STRONG OVERRUNNING
WL CONT ACRS THE BOUNDARY OVRNGT WL RESULT IN RAIN...HEAVY AT TIMES
FOR THE ENTIRE CWFA. MAY BE SOME TSTMS S OF THE BNDRY IN THE WARM
SECTOR. N OF THE BNDRY SOME ELEVATED TSTMS POSSIBLE ALSO. TEMPS WL
BE TRICKY OVRNGT AS FNT DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH FRONT MOVES TO THE NW.

VIGOROUS UPR TROF MOVES OUT OF THE TX TH AFTN...BECOMING NEGATIVELY
TITLED. LOW WL STRENGTHEN AND MOVE ACRS NE MS AND ALONG THE TN RIVER
IN THE AFTN. TREMENDOUS UVV ASSOCD WITH SYSTEM THANKS TO AN ENORMOUS
AMOUNT OF PVA. EXPECT RAIN...OCCASIONALLY HEAVY THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
BEST CHANCE FOR SEVERE WEATHER WL BE ON THE WARM SIDE OF THE BNDRY
MAINLY ACRS NE MS THU AFTN. MANY FACTORS COME TOGETHER FOR NE MS WITH
MODERATE INSTABILITY...STRONG LOW LEVEL SHEAR AND STRONG LOW LEVEL
CONVERGENCE IN PLACE IN THE AFTERNOON. WL MENTION THE POSSIBILITY OF
SEVERE STORMS IN ZONES.

TROF MOVES QUICKLY NEWD ON THU NIGHT AND PRECIP WL END BY MIDNIGHT.
SKIES WL REMAIN CLOUDY WITH PLENTY OF LEFT OVER LOW LEVEL MOISTURE
AROUND.

DRY SW FLOW ON FRI. A SHORTWAVE PASSES TO THE N ON SATURDAY AND
MAY RESULT IN A LITTLE MORE CLOUDINESS. SUN-TUE LOOKS DRY WITH FAST
ZONAL FLOW. CHC OF RAIN WED AS SFC HI MOVES OFF THE SE COAST AND
SOME OVERRUNNING DEVELOPS.

.MEG...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THURSDAY ENTIRE CWFA.
SJM

The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

4 flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flood, Crittenden

When
November 28, 6:40 PM CST to November 30, 11:59 PM CST
Where
Crittenden forecast zone
Property damage
$50,000
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
35.208, -90.309 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Flood, Phillips

When
November 28, 9:30 PM CST to November 30, 11:59 PM CST
Where
Phillips forecast zone
Property damage
$10,000
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
34.428, -90.848 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Flood, St. Francis

When
November 29, 1:00 AM CST to November 30, 11:59 PM CST
Where
St. Francis forecast zone
Property damage
$10,000
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
35.022, -90.748 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Flood, Cross

When
November 29, 1:00 AM CST to November 30, 11:59 PM CST
Where
Cross forecast zone
Property damage
$25,000
Reported by
NEWSPAPER
Coordinates
35.296, -90.771 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

What these are

Flood
Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.

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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5274731, 5274732, 5274733, 5274734.