Arkansas, 2001

Flash Flood in Arkansas, October 10, 2001

October 10, 2001 · NWS SHV · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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  • Tornadoes
  • Tropical storms and surge
  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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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 Shreveport, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Oct 10, 8:45 PM CST, 0 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 10, 8:45 PM CST, 0 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
945 PM CDT WED OCT 10 2001

CONDITIONS THAT ARE BOTH HIGHLY MOIST AND UNSTABLE NOT GOING ANYWHERE
OVERNIGHT. UNIDIRECTIONAL WIND PROFILES INDICATE DEEP SW FLOW...EVEN
BEHIND APPARENT BOUNDARY. THUS...EXPECT CONTINUED CONVECTION WITH
TRAINING LIKELY. HEAVY RAINFALL ALREADY OCCURRED ACROSS MUCH OF SW
AR...AND IF IT WERE NOT FOR A TEMPORARY BREAK IN UPSTREAM PRECIP
ACTIVITY...WOULD HAVE CONSIDERED FLOOD WATCH OVERNIGHT. WILL EXPAND
MENTION OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. A GRADUAL DOWNWARD TREND IN STORM
INTERNSITY WILL ALSO DROP MENTION OF SEVERE TONIGHT.

WILL INTRODUCE A BIT OF A TEMPERATURE GRADIENT CONCERNING OVERNIGHT
LOWS...PARTICULARLY LOWERING TEMPS TO THE NORTHWEST...AS OK MESONET
ALREADY INTO LOWER 60S FOR SE OK. WINDS HAVE ALSO BECOME LIGHT AND
VARIABLE NW PORTIONS.

VII

.SHV...NONE.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Oct 10, 5:43 PM CST, 3 hours 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
643 PM CDT WED OCT 10 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....PARISH/COUNTY LOCATION....

0540 PM    MANCHESTER                TX   1.75 INCH HAIL
10/10/01   RED RIVER                      GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL
                                          COVERING THE GROUND.
                                          REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT.

0550 PM    6 NE MANCHESTER           TX   1.75 INCH HAIL
10/10/01   RED RIVER                      GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL
                                          REPORTED AT WOODLAND
                                          FARMS. REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT.
Local storm report, Oct 10, 6:00 PM CST, 2 hours 45 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
700 PM CDT WED OCT 10 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....PARISH/COUNTY LOCATION....

0623 PM    5 W IDABEL                OK   .75 INCH HAIL
10/10/01   MCCURTAIN                      DIME SIZE HAIL.  REPORTED
                                          BY LAW ENFORCEMENT.
Local storm report, Oct 10, 6:04 PM CST, 2 hours 41 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
704 PM CDT WED OCT 10 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....PARISH/COUNTY LOCATION....

0700 PM    5 E DIERKS                AR   .75 INCH HAIL
10/10/01   HOWARD                         DIME SIZE HAIL.  REPORTED
                                          BY LAW ENFORCEMENT.
Local storm report, Oct 10, 6:54 PM CST, 1 hour 51 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
754 PM CDT WED OCT 10 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....PARISH/COUNTY LOCATION....

0745 PM    4 SE KILDARE              TX   WIND DAMAGE
10/10/01   CASS                           TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
                                          ON HWY 43.  REPORTED BY
                                          LAW ENFORCEMENT.
Local storm report, Oct 10, 7:50 PM CST, 55 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
850 PM CDT WED OCT 10 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....PARISH/COUNTY LOCATION....

0815 PM    10 E DE QUEEN             AR   WIND DAMAGE
10/10/01   SEVIER                         POWER LINES DOWN ON HWY
                                          70.  REPORTED  BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT.

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 144 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:44 UTC.

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Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Nevada

When
October 10, 8:45 PM CST
Where
Nevada County, Prescott
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
33.664, -93.307 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Numerous roads reported under water and impassable.

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

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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: 5269319.