Periodic heavy rainfall allowed river flooding to continue from October into November.
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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.
The episode as NWS LZK wrote it up.
Periodic heavy rainfall allowed river flooding to continue from October into November.
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 Oct 31, 11:24 PM CST, 36 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 1224 AM CDT SUN NOV 1 2009 .AVIATION... HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE OVER THE AREA THROUGH THE PERIOD. CLEAR SKIES AND VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL. && PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 144 PM CDT SAT OCT 31 2009/ SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT MUCH TO EVERYONE/S DELIGHT...NO SIGNIFICANT CHANCE OF PRECIP IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE SHORT TERM PERIODS. HIGH PRESSURE TODAY AND SUNDAY WILL GIVE WAY TO AN APPROACHING WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY ON MONDAY. THE FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH SOME TIME MONDAY AFTERNOON OR NIGHT...WITH LITTLE MORE THAN SOME PASSING MID AND HIGH CLOUDS AND A WIND SHIFT. THE BOUNDARY WILL BRING A REINFORCING SHOT OF COOLER AIR. THROUGH THE PERIOD...TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR TO EVEN SLIGHTLY BELOW SEASONAL AVERAGES. LONG TERM...WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY KEPT EXTENDED PERIOD DRY FOR NOW...WITH ZONAL FLOW ALOFT AND WEAK FRONTAL SYSTEMS TO SLIDE THROUGH THE REGION. ECMWF HINTS AT RAIN CHANCES ON FRIDAY...WITH TROUGH SET MUCH FURTHER SOUTH AND FASTER THAN THE GFS. FELT IT WAS A LITTLE TOO FAR OUT AND TOO MANY DISCREPANCIES TO ADD RAIN CHANCES AT THIS POINT. HOWEVER WENT WITH AN INCREASE IN CLOUD COVER THOUGH THE END OF THE PERIOD...ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTH. TEMPS WILL BE NEAR NORMAL LEVELS AT THE START OF THE PERIOD...INCREASING WITH SOUTHERLY FLOW TOWARDS THE WEEKEND. HOWEVER LEFT THEM A FEW DEGREES BELOW GUIDANCE AT THE END OF THE WEEK..DUE TO FORECASTED CLOUD COVER. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... BATESVILLE AR 62 43 68 45 / 0 0 0 10 CAMDEN AR 69 42 72 49 / 0 0 0 10 HARRISON AR 65 47 68 43 / 0 0 0 10 HOT SPRINGS AR 66 44 71 50 / 0 0 0 10 LITTLE ROCK AR 64 44 70 49 / 0 0 0 10 MONTICELLO AR 67 43 71 49 / 0 0 0 10 MOUNT IDA AR 66 41 71 47 / 0 0 0 10 MOUNTAIN HOME AR 65 46 69 42 / 0 0 0 10 NEWPORT AR 62 44 68 46 / 0 0 0 10 PINE BLUFF AR 65 43 69 48 / 0 0 0 10 RUSSELLVILLE AR 65 41 71 44 / 0 0 0 10 SEARCY AR 65 42 68 45 / 0 0 0 10 STUTTGART AR 63 46 68 49 / 0 0 0 10 && .LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && SHORT TERM...58 / LONG TERM...56 AVIATION...56
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 500 AM CDT SAT OCT 31 2009 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-011100- 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- 500 AM CDT SAT OCT 31 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. && VISIT NWS LITTLE ROCK ON THE WEB. GO TO HTTP://WEATHER.GOV AND CLICK ON CENTRAL ARKANSAS. 56
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
10 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rainfall at the end of October resulted in the Fourche LaFave River near Houston remaining above flood stage into early November.
Heavy rainfall at the end of October allowed the Petit Jean River at Danville to remain above flood stage into the beginning of November.
Heavy rainfall at the end of October allowed the Ouachita River at Camden to remain above flood stage into the middle of November. Some crops suffered damage.
Heavy rainfall at the end of October allowed the Ouachita River at Camden to remain above flood stage into the middle of November. Some crops suffered damage.
Heavy rainfall at the end of October allowed the Cache River at Patterson to remain above flood stage into late November. Some crops were damaged, while others were lost altogether. In addition, harvesting was greatly delayed, further decreasing crop yield.
Heavy rainfall at the end of October allowed the White River at Augusta to remain above flood stage into late November. Some crops were damaged, while others were lost altogether. In addition, harvesting was greatly delayed, further decreasing crop yield.
Heavy rainfall at the end of October allowed the White River at Georgetown to remain above flood stage through the middle of November. Some crops were damaged, while others were lost altogether. In addition, harvesting was greatly delayed, further decreasing crop yield.
Heavy rainfall at the end of October allowed the White River at Des Arc to remain above flood stage through the middle of November. Some crops were damaged, while others were lost altogether. In addition, harvesting was greatly delayed, further decreasing crop yield.
Heavy rainfall at the end of October allowed the White River at Clarendon to remain above flood stage through the entire month of November. Some crops were damaged, while others were lost altogether. In addition, harvesting was greatly delayed, further decreasing crop yield.
Heavy rainfall at the end of October allowed the Little Red River at Judsonia to remain above flood stage into the early morning of November 1st.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Arkansas in 2009Every state in 2009This day in weather historyWarnings in Arkansas, November 2009
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: 198436, 198437, 198438, 198439, 198440, 198443, 198468, 198469, 198470, 199982.