Flash Flood in Arkansas, April 22, 2004

Name: Flash Flood in Arkansas, April 22, 2004
Start: 2004-04-22T01:30
End: 2004-04-22T01:30
Location: Arkansas

April 22, 2004 · NWS LZK · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Excessive rain flooded several low water crossings in Logan County.

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 happened

The episode as NWS LZK wrote it up.

Excessive rain flooded several low water crossings in Logan County.

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 Apr 21, 8:30 PM CST, 5 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 21, 8:30 PM CST, 5 hours before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
930 PM CDT WED APR 21 2004

.DISCUSSION...
QUICK UPDATE TO REMOVE TORNADO WATCH. MAIN THREAT OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS HAS DIMINISHED...HOWEVER FLOODING WILL BE THE NEXT
CONCERN. REPORTS OF FLOODING ALREADY RECEIVED IN FAULKNER AND WHITE
COUNTIES...AS WELL AS THE LITTLE ROCK METRO AREA EARLIER THIS
AFTERNOON. WITH THE NEXT SYSTEM APPROACHING FOR THURSDAY
NIGHT...THERE IS A POSSIBILITY FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF FLOODING. WILL
CONTINUE TO EVALUATE FOR POTENTIAL FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE NORTH.
&&

.LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE.
&&

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 21, 8:50 PM CST, 4 hours 40 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
950 PM CDT WED APR 21 2004

ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-221000-
ARKANSAS-BAXTER-BOONE-BRADLEY-CALHOUN-CLARK-CLEBURNE-CLEVELAND-
CONWAY-DALLAS-DESHA-DREW-FAULKNER-FULTON-GARLAND-GRANT-HOT SPRING-
INDEPENDENCE-IZARD-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-LINCOLN-LOGAN-LONOKE-
MARION-MONROE-MONTGOMERY-NEWTON-OUACHITA-PERRY-PIKE-POLK-POPE-
PRAIRIE-PULASKI-SALINE-SCOTT-SEARCY-SHARP-STONE-VAN BUREN-WHITE-
WOODRUFF-YELL-
950 PM CDT WED APR 21 2004

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS...WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS...WILL
CONTINUE OVER THE NORTHERN TWO THIRDS OF ARKANSAS OVERNIGHT. A
STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY OVER CENTRAL ARKANSAS WILL ACT AS A
FOCUSING MECHANISM FOR STORM DEVELOPMENT. WITH ABUNDANT MOISTURE IN
THE AREA...HEAVY RAINFALL IS A CONCERN...ESPECIALLY OVER NORTHERN
ARKANSAS. ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN MAY OCCUR...WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER
AMOUNTS. ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH MIDNIGHT...BUT
WILL DIMINISH IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS.

IN SOUTHERN ARKANSAS...THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MORE ISOLATED WITH LESS
OF A POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER AND HEAVY RAIN. HOWEVER...ISOLATED
SEVERE STORMS MAY STILL OCCUR...WITH MAINLY LARGE HAIL POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

STORMS THAT DEVELOP TONIGHT WILL EXIT THE STATE INTO MISSOURI
THURSDAY MORNING. THERE WILL BE ANOTHER LULL THURSDAY
AFTERNOON...WITH MORE STORMS IN THE FORECAST THURSDAY NIGHT.

THE WEATHER PATTERN WILL NOT CHANGE THROUGH AT LEAST SATURDAY. A
FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL REMAIN STALLED ACROSS NORTHERN ARKANSAS. GIVEN
THIS...STORMS THAT DEVELOP THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK WILL BE MOST
LIKELY ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE STATE.

THE STORMS THAT ARE EXPECTED WILL OCCUR MAINLY AT NIGHT...WITH
STORMS MENTIONED THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY NIGHT. SEVERE WEATHER
WILL REMAIN A POSSIBILITY...WITH AREAS OF HEAVY TO EXCESSIVE
RAINFALL. FLASH FLOODING MAY OCCUR IN SOME LOCALES.

THE PATTERN WILL FINALLY CHANGE THIS WEEKEND. A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH
THROUGH THE REGION FROM THE WEST SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...WITH
COOLER AND DRIER AIR TO FOLLOW MONDAY AND TUESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED THROUGH MIDNIGHT IN
NORTHERN AND WESTERN ARKANSAS.

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 21, 7:32 PM CST, 5 hours 58 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
832 PM CDT WED APR 21 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0742 PM     HAIL             6 N CABOT               35.06N 92.02W
04/21/2004  0.75 INCH        LONOKE             AR   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

&&

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Local storm report, Apr 21, 8:04 PM CST, 5 hours 26 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
904 PM CDT WED APR 21 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0858 PM     HAIL             2 SE HUNT               35.51N 93.64W
04/21/2004  1.75 INCH        JOHNSON            AR   TRAINED SPOTTER

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The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 59 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 07:30 UTC.

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Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Logan

When: April 22, 1:30 AM CST
Where: Logan County, Countywide
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 35.215, -93.716 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

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

Every storm in Arkansas in 2004 Every state in 2004 This day in weather history Warnings in Arkansas, April 2004

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: 5393345.