Flood, Woodruff
- When
- March 1, 12:00 AM CST to March 28, 8:30 AM CST
- Where
- Woodruff County, Patterson to 0.06 mi NNW of Patterson
- Cause
- Heavy Rain
- Reported by
- River/Stream Gage
- Coordinates
- 35.250, -91.230
Flooding in Arkansas, March 1 to 31, 2011
Occasional heavy rainfall kept the Cache River at Patterson above flood stage from late February through much of March.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- 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
- 2
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.
Occasional heavy rainfall kept the Cache River at Patterson above flood stage from late February through much of March.
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 Feb 28, 11:40 PM CST, 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 28, 11:40 PM CST, 20 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATE FOR AVIATION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 1140 PM CST MON FEB 28 2011 .AVIATION... VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. LIGHT NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OVERNIGHT. WINDS ON TUESDAY BECOMING EAST TO SOUTHEAST 3 TO 8 KNOTS. (59) && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 236 PM CST MON FEB 28 2011/ SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT IS OVER THE ROCKIES WITH AN UPPER TROUGH OVER THE APPALACHIANS. THE RIDGE WILL BUILD EASTWARD TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY BUT THE FLOW BECOMES ZONAL BY THURSDAY. THE SHORT TERM FORECAST WILL REMAIN DRY THROUGH THE PERIOD AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL DOMINATE THE AREA. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER ARKANSAS TONIGHT. THIS WILL BRING A DECREASE IN WIND SPEEDS OVERNIGHT. MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT IN THE SHORT TERM. VERY DRY AIR WILL RESIDE OVER THE STATE TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. HIGH PRESSURE MOVES TO THE EAST COAST THURSDAY MORNING AND THIS WILL ALLOW SOUTH WINDS TO RETURN MOISTURE TO ARKANSAS. CLOUD COVER SHOULD INCREASE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. NEAR TO ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE PERIOD...AND A WARMING TREND IS EXPECTED TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. LONG TERM...FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT WARMING TREND WILL BREAK TOWARDS THE END OF THE WEEK AS A TROUGH DIGS OVER THE CENTRAL CONUS AND DROPS A CUTOFF LOW AND COOLER AIR BACK INTO THE MID SOUTH. LONG RANGE MODELS ARE IN DECENT AGREEMENT WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER THE FA ON FRIDAY. CHANCES INCREASE OVERNIGHT...WITH STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE. ONE OTHER THING TO NOTE IS THAT THE 12Z ECMWF CAME BACK WITH A MUCH SLOWER SOLUTION...KEEPING HEAVY RAIN TO THE WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. THE GFS...NOW FASTER THAN THE ECMWF...SHOWS THE COLD FRONT AND ASSOCIATED PRECIP CLEARING THE STATE ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON. WENT AHEAD AND FOLLOWED THE MORE CONSISTENT GFS...BUT THIS WILL BE THE SYSTEM TO WATCH IN THE COMING DAYS. QPF COULD BE QUITE HIGH WITH FLOODING POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF THE STATE AND ESPECIALLY IF THE ECMWF PANS OUT. TEMPS WILL BE BACK DOWN TO SEASONABLE NORMALS BY THE END OF THE PERIOD. && .LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... .NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 28, 6:10 PM CST, 5 hours 50 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 610 PM CST MON FEB 28 2011 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- 610 PM CST MON FEB 28 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY DRY AND COOLER WEATHER WILL CONTINUE TUESDAY...WITH A WARMING TREND EXPECTED FOR WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. THE NEXT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL ARRIVE LATE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AS A NEW STORM SYSTEM AND COLD FRONT AFFECTS THE STATE. THE CHANCES OF ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER APPEAR LOW AT THIS POINT...BUT FORECASTS SHOULD BE MONITORED IN THE COMING DAYS AS THIS SYSTEM DEVELOPS. .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. 59/51/44
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flood, Woodruff
- When
- March 31, 8:00 AM CST to 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Woodruff County, Patterson to 0.06 mi NNW of Patterson
- Cause
- Heavy Rain
- Reported by
- River/Stream Gage
- Coordinates
- 35.250, -91.230
After a brief period below flood stage, additional heavy rain from thunderstorms caused the Cache River at Patterson to rise back above flood stage in late March. This river remained above flood stage into April.
What these are
- Flood
- Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flood in Indiana, March 1, 2011
- Flooding in Illinois, March 1 to 31, 2011
- Flooding in Ohio, March 1 to 2, 2011
- Drought in Texas, March 1 to 31, 2011
- Flooding in Ohio, March 1 to 3, 2011
- Flooding in Indiana, March 1 to 27, 2011
- Wildfire in Texas, March 1, 2011
- Drought in Arkansas, March 1 to 31, 2011
- Drought in Oklahoma, March 1, 2011
- Drought in Texas, March 1 to 31, 2011
- Drought in Louisiana, March 1 to 31, 2011
- Drought in Colorado, March 1 to 31, 2011
More
Every storm in Arkansas in 2011Every state in 2011This day in weather historyWarnings in Arkansas, March 2011
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: 289049, 289053.