Arkansas, 2001

Flash Flood in Arkansas, September 8, 2001

September 8, 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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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 Sep 8, 8:50 PM CST, 1 hour 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 8, 8:50 PM CST, 1 hour 10 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
950 PM CDT SAT SEP 8 2001

FRONTAL BOUNDARY...EXTENDS FROM NORTH CENTRAL TX...NEAR ABI
NORTHEAST TO NEAR MLC TO NEAR FSM...SEVERAL OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES
WERE NOTED OVER SOUTHEAST OK AND SOUTHWEST AR. SHOWERS AND STORMS
WERE BEGINNING TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND SINK A LITTLE FARTHER
SOUTH OVER SOUTHEAST OK AND WESTERN AR...AS LIFT BEGINS TO INCREASE
AHEAD OF SHORT WAVE MOVING OUT INTO THE PLAINS. ADDED CHANCE OF
SEVERE A LITTLE FARTHER SOUTH...TO THE TXK AREA AND ADDED CHANCE OF
HEAVY RAIN TO THE NORTH...AS CELLS WILL BE TRAINING...AS THEY HAVE
OVER SOUTHEAST OK THIS EVENING. OTHERWISE ONLY MADE MINOR ADJUSTMENTS
TO CURRENT FORECAST. UPDATE ALREADY OUT.

IV

.SHV...NONE.

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 138 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:47 UTC.

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Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Howard

When
September 8, 10:00 PM CST
Where
Howard County, 12 mi NW of Dierks
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
34.089, -93.993 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Portions of the camp ground at Cossotot State Park was under water.

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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5266475.