Arkansas, 2001Flash Flood in Arkansas, October 11, 2001
October 11, 2001 · NWS MEG · 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
- $5,000
- 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 Memphis, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Oct 11, 8:35 AM CST, 3 hours 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 11, 8:35 AM CST, 3 hours 25 minutes before
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</html>Flash Flood, Poinsett
- When
- October 11, 12:00 PM CST to 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Poinsett County, Black Oak
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 35.574, -90.663 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A shed was flooded, destroying the contents. Water reached up to but not into several homes.
- 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 Damaging Winds in Texas, October 11, 2001$3.8 million · F2 · 6 events
- Flash Flood in Arkansas, October 11, 2001$120 million · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, October 11, 2001$350,000 · 70 kt wind · 1 event
- Tornado in Louisiana, October 11, 2001$35,000 · F1 · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, October 11, 2001$100,000 · 70 kt wind · 1 event
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Mississippi, October 11, 2001$50,000 · F0 · 15 events
- Damaging Wind in Texas, October 11, 2001$50,000 · 1 event
- Flash Flood in Arkansas, October 11, 2001$30,000 · 1 event
- Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, October 11, 2001$20,000 · 2 events
- Damaging Wind in Texas, October 11, 20011 injured · 52 kt wind · 1 event
- High Wind in Alaska, October 11, 200168 kt wind · 5 events
- Heavy Snow in Montana, October 11 to 12, 20013 events
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: 5269536.