Arkansas, 2005

Flash Flood in Arkansas, August 14, 2005

August 14, 2005 · NWS LZK · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.

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

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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 Little Rock, AR wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 14, 1:06 PM CST, 9 hours 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 14, 1:06 PM CST, 9 hours 54 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
206 PM CDT SUN AUG 14 2005

.DISCUSSION...
TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY
A QUASI-STATIONARY FRONT WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO TRIGGER THE
DEVELOPMENT OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER
PARTS OF MY NORTHERN COUNTY WARNING AREA TONIGHT. THE REST OF MY
AREA WILL LIKELY SEE A DECREASE IN ACTIVITY LATER TONIGHT.
GUIDANCE MODELS ARE NOT IN AGREEMENT ON THE MOVEMENT OF THE
FRONTAL BOUNDARY BUT THE OVERALL MEAN RELATIVE HUMIDITY IS
IMPRESSIVE. A FEW AREAS ACROSS THE NORTH COULD SEE SOME HEAVY
RAINFALL TONIGHT. SOME OF THESE STRONGER STORMS COULD SPREAD INTO
THE CENTRAL SECTIONS TOMORROW IF THE FRONT MOVES SOUTHWARD.
A RELATIVELY DRY DAY CAN BE EXPECTED NEXT SUNDAY.(38)
&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
LITTLE ROCK   AR  73  93  73  94 /  30  40  20  20
HARRISON AR       69  86  69  90 /  50  50  30  30
HOT SPRINGS AR    73  93  72  94 /  30  40  20  20
PINE BLUFF AR     74  94  73  95 /  30  30  20  20
MOUNTAIN HOME AR  69  86  70  89 /  50  50  30  30
MONTICELLO AR     75  95  73  95 /  30  30  20  20
SEARCY AR         73  92  72  93 /  30  40  30  20
MOUNT IDA AR      73  93  72  94 /  30  40  20  20
RUSSELLVILLE AR   72  91  71  92 /  40  40  30  20
&&

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

SHORT AND LONG TERM...38
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 14, 9:07 PM CST, 1 hour 53 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1007 PM CDT SUN AUG 14 2005

ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-151000-
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-
1007 PM CDT SUN AUG 14 2005

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH LATE
TONIGHT...PRIMARILY ACROSS CENTRAL ARKANSAS. DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE
THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT. ISOLATED RAINFALL TOTALS WITH THE
STORMS WILL BE IN THE RANGE OF 1 TO 2 INCHES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN ON MONDAY. CENTRAL
AND SOUTHERN ARKANSAS WILL BE THE MAIN AREA OF CONCERN...WHICH WILL
BE ALONG AND AHEAD OF A STATIONARY FRONT ACROSS THE STATE. STRONG
WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN CONCERN AS TEMPERATURES CLIMB INTO THE 90S.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.

&&

FOR THE LATEST GRAPHICAL AND TEXT FORECASTS AND OUTLOOKS...PLEASE
VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.SRH.WEATHER.GOV/LZK

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 14, 10:14 PM CST, 46 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1114 PM CDT SUN AUG 14 2005

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

0415 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 N PLEASANT PLAINS     35.59N 91.63W
08/14/2005                   INDEPENDENCE       AR   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            ROOF BLOWN OFF OF MOBILE HOME ONTO HIGHWAY 167.

0950 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 NW ADONA              35.06N 92.95W
08/14/2005                   PERRY              AR   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREE DOWN ON HIGHWAY 324.

&&

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The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 78 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:58 UTC.

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Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Perry

When
August 14, 11:00 PM CST to 11:30 PM CST
Where
Perry County, Hollis
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
34.867, -93.117

Heavy rainfall flooded a portion of Highway 314 at Hollis.

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

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: 5475975.