Flash Flood, Polk
- When
- September 9, 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Polk County, Mena
- Reported by
- GOVT OFFICIAL
- Coordinates
- 34.486, -94.228 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Arkansas, September 9, 2001
Heavy rains resulted in flash flooding in Mena. High water problems were noted along several roads as well as in some homes and businesses.
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
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 happened
The episode as NWS LZK wrote it up.
Heavy rains resulted in flash flooding in Mena. High water problems were noted along several roads as well as in some homes and businesses.
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 Little Rock, AR wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 9, 9:24 PM CST, 36 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 9, 9:24 PM CST, 36 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 1024 PM CDT SUN SEP 9 2001 NEXT ZONE UPDATE WILL BE ISSUED AT 1030 PM TO ACCOUNT FOR THE CONTINUING CLEARING TREND...WHICH IS PROCEEDING AS EXPECTED. .LIT...NONE. 54
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 90 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:00 UTC.
Event by event
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
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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- Heavy Rain in Florida, September 9 to 12, 2001
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- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, September 9, 2001
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More
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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: 5269625.