Arkansas, 2001Flash 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.
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- 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, 2 hours 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 10, 8:45 PM CST, 2 hours 10 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, 6:04 PM CST, 4 hours 51 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, 4 hours 1 minute 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, 3 hours 5 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.Local storm report, Oct 10, 9:08 PM CST, 1 hour 47 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1008 PM CDT WED OCT 10 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....PARISH/COUNTY LOCATION....
0945 PM PRESCOTT AR FLOODING
10/10/01 NEVADA SEVERAL COUNTY ROADS UNDER
WATER IN THE PRESCOTT AREA
AND SOUTH OF
PRESCOTT...BETWEEN
PRESCOTT AND LANEBURG.
FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT.
NNNNLocal storm report, Oct 10, 9:38 PM CST, 1 hour 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1038 PM CDT WED OCT 10 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....PARISH/COUNTY LOCATION....
0910 PM DODDRIDGE AR WIND DAMAGE
10/10/01 MILLER ROOF DAMAGE POSSIBLY BLOWN
OFF. REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
1020 PM PRESCOTT AR FLOODING
10/10/01 NEVADA HWY 67 BETWEEN EMMET AND
PRESCOTT CLOSED. HWY 24
IN PRESCOTT CLOSED. HWY
371 N AND S OF PRESCOTT
CLOSED. REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT.Local storm report, Oct 10, 10:31 PM CST, 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1131 PM CDT WED OCT 10 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....PARISH/COUNTY LOCATION....
1100 PM PRESCOTT AR FLOODING
10/10/01 NEVADA 4 HOUSES FLOODED INCLUDING
THE AMBULANCE SERVICE
BUILDING. REPORTED BY
LAW ENFORCEMENT.Flash Flood, Columbia
- When
- October 10, 10:55 PM CST
- Where
- Columbia County, Bussey
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 33.214, -93.227 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Highway 371 was under 8 inches of water making driving difficult.
- 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.
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Texas, October 10 to 13, 20012 injured · $2.2 million · F2 · 77 events
- Tornado in Missouri, October 10, 20015 injured · $250,000 · F1 · 1 event
- Hail and Lightning Strikes in Oklahoma, October 10, 20011 injured · $300,000 · 0.75 in hail · 3 events
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, October 10, 2001$42,000 · 58 kt wind · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, October 10, 2001$19,000 · 1 in hail · 12 events
- Flash Flood and Hail in Texas, October 10 to 11, 20011.75 in hail · 21 events
- Flash Flooding in Missouri, October 10, 2001$18,000 · 6 events
- Heavy Rain in Puerto Rico, October 10, 2001$20,000 · 1 event
- Damaging Winds in Puerto Rico, October 10, 20011 injured · 2 events
- Flash Flood and Hail in Oklahoma, October 10, 2001$6,000 · 1.75 in hail · 8 events
- High Surf in Hawaii, October 10 to 14, 20017 events
- Flash Flood in Arkansas, October 10, 2001$12,000 · 1 event
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: 5269322.