Arkansas, 2002

Flash Flood in Arkansas, March 31, 2002

March 31, 2002 · NWS JAN · 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
$1,000
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 Jackson, MS wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 30, 10:15 PM CST, 3 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 30, 10:15 PM CST, 3 hours 45 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1015 PM CST SAT MAR 30 2002

THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER CONTINUES THROUGH MIDNIGHT. UPDATED TEMP
FORECASTS MAINLY NRN ZONES. NEXT ROUND OF WEATHER MOVING EAST FROM
TX/LA. OTHERWISE...CURRENT FORECAST ON TRACK FOR REMAINDER OF
TONIGHT.

.JAN...
AR...FLASH FLOOD WATCH ASHLEY AND CHICOT COUNTIES.
LA...TORNADO WATCH 62 FOR CATAHOULA...FRANKLIN...MOREHOUSE...AND
RICHLAND PARISHES
MS...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WATCH 61 FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH
MISSISSIPPI/FLASH FLOOD WATCH ALONG AND NORTH OF GREENVILLE TO
LEXINGTON TO KOSCIUSKO TO MACON LINE.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 30, 9:02 PM CST, 4 hours 58 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
902 PM CST SAT MAR 30 2002

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0835 PM    7W POCAHANTAS             MS   0.75 INCH HAIL
03/30/02   HINDS                          REPORTED BY HINDS COUNTY
                                          EMA.

0715 PM    PORT GIBSON               MS   1.00 INCH HAIL
03/30/02   CLAIBORNE

0745 PM    WINNSBORO                 LA   WIND DAMAGE
03/30/02   FRANKLIN LA                    SEVERAL TREES AND LARGE
                                          LIMBS WERE BLOWN DOWN.
                                          LIMBS WERE BLOCKING A FEW
                                          ROADS AND HAD TO BE
                                          REMOVED.

0745 PM    BASKIN                    LA   WIND DAMAGE
03/30/02   FRANKLIN LA                    THE PORCH OF A HOUSE WAS
                                          DAMAGED BY STRONG WINDS.
                                          A BARN HAD PART OF ITS
                                          ROOF PEELED BACK.
Local storm report, Mar 31, 12:00 AM CST, 2 hours before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1200 AM CST SUN MAR 31 2002

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0855 PM    FLORA                     MS   1.75 INCH HAIL
03/30/02   MADISON                        REPORTED BY MADISON
                                          COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE.

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 189 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 07:58 UTC.

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Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Ashley

When
March 31, 2:00 AM CST
Where
Ashley County, Crossett
Property damage
$1,000
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
33.191, -91.768 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy rains flooded a few roads in and near town. One bridge was also 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: 5281022.