1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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.
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 Nov 28, 10:25 PM CST, 3 hours 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1025 PM CST WED NOV 28 2001
AREAS OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN CONTINUE OVER EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL
ARKANSAS TONIGHT. DECIDED TO REISSUE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY FOR 5
COUNTIES IN THE NORTH CENTRAL PART OF THE STATE THAT HAD SAME TYPE
OF ADVISORY DURING THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY. CONTINUED FLASH FLOOD WATCH
FOR PARTS OF SOUTHEASTERN ARKANSAS OVERNIGHT. SERIOUS FLASH FLOODING
OCCURRING IN DESHA AND DREW COUNTIES DURING THE EVENING. (22)
.LZK...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY TONIGHT NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS...
ZONES 3>5-12-13
FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS TONIGHT...
ZONES 57-63>65-67>69.PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
810 PM CST WED NOV 28 2001
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0735 PM 1 W TICHNOR AR FLOOD
11/28/01 ARKANSAS WATER OVER STATE
HIGHWAY 44. REPORTED BY
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0740 PM DUMAS AR FLOOD
11/28/01 DESHA WATER IN SEVERAL HOUSES
AROUND TOWN. SOME
SANDBAGGING OPERATIONS
GOING ON. WATER OVER
MANY STREETS IN TOWN.
MANY STREETS
BARRICADED. REPORTED BY
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0747 PM MONTICELLO AR FLOOD
11/28/01 DREW FLOODING ON STATE
HIGHWAY 278 EAST, STATE
HIGHWAY 138, AND STATE
HIGHWAY 35 SOUTH, ALL
NEAR MONTICELLO. STREET
FLOODING REPORTED IN
MONTICELLO. REPORTED BY
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
22ARZ034-043>047-053>057-062>069-291000- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 905 PM CST WED NOV 28 2001 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT ACROSS SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS... THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST HALF OF ARKANSAS OVERNIGHT. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WAS CENTERED JUST OFF THE COAST OF TEXAS AND WAS MOVING TOWARDS THE SOUTHEAST PART OF THE NATION. LOW LEVELS WINDS WERE PULLING IN COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF GULF MOISTURE AND WITH THE COLD AIR IN PLACE...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT. PERSONS ACROSS SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS SHOULD REVIEW SEVERE WEATHER SAFETY RULES AND PLANS. STORM SPOTTERS...AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS...AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS COULD BE ACTIVATED OVERNIGHT IN RESPONSE TO THIS POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL TELEVISION OR RADIO STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR UPDATED INFORMATION REGARDING THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT. 38
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 109 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 07:31 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rains fell over Lincoln County for several hours resulting in flash flooding. There were several reports of roads covered by high water. A few roads were closed until the water receded.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Arkansas in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Arkansas, November 2001
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: 5274027.