Some rivers remained above flood stage from March into April as a result of heavy rainfall.
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
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.
Some rivers remained above flood stage from March into April as a result of heavy rainfall.
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 Mar 31, 11:45 PM CST, 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 1245 AM CDT WED APR 1 2015 .UPDATE... CURRENTLY SEEING MOSTLY HIGH CLOUDS ACROSS THE STATE...WITH KHOT BEGINNING TO SEE SOME REDUCED VISIBILITY. DO EXPECT LIMITED VISIBILITY TO CONTINUE AND INCREASE AT KHOT...KADF...AND KLIT. MOST TAF SITES SHOULD REMAIN PRECIP FREE THROUGH ABOUT MIDDAY. HAVE TEMPO TSRA AT MOST TAF SITES DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. EXPECT A LULL IN THE PRECIP AT THE TAF SITES DURING THE EARLY EVENING HOURS...WITH A SECOND ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHORTLY BEFORE THE END OF THIS TAF CYCLE. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1006 PM CDT TUE MAR 31 2015/ UPDATE... UPDATED FORECAST TO REFLECT THE EXPIRED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. UPDATED CLOUD COVER...TEMPS AND POPS BASED ON CURRENT OBSERVATIONS AND TRENDS. EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS TO DECREASE OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. THERE WILL AGAIN BE CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS ON WEDNESDAY...WITH BEST CHANCES IN THE AFTERNOON. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 700 PM CDT TUE MAR 31 2015/ AVIATION... A WARM FRONT HAS MOVED INTO NORTH ARKANSAS AND HAS TRIGGERED SOME THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHEAST PARTS OF THE STATE. THESE STORMS SHOULD DISSIPATE THIES EVENING. EXPECT SOME FOG AND LOW CLOUDS TO DEVELOP OVERNIGHT WITH MVFR CONDITIONS. THERE WILL BE ANOTHER CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE PERIOD AS A SHORT WAVE MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. VFR AND MVFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 355 PM CDT TUE MAR 31 2015/ SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT SHORTWAVE KICKED OFF STORMS WILL LARGE HAIL...WITH TENNIS TO BASEBALL HAIL REPORTED SOUTH AND EAST OF LITTLE ROCK. SHORT TERM GUIDANCE HAS SHOWN CONVECTION DEVELOPING ACROSS NORTHERN ARKANSAS/SOUTHERN MISSOURI WILL PUSH SOUTH INTO THE STATE TONIGHT...BUT WILL DISSIPATE WITH SUNSET. SOUTH WINDS WILL BRING AN INCREASE IN CLOUD COVER DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY...ALONG WITH CHANCE POPS. WARM FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO LIFT NORTH THURSDAY...BEFORE COLD FRONT APPROACHES LATE THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY...WITH ANOTHER POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE STORMS. DRIER AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION FRIDAY NIGHT. LONG TERM...SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRING DRIER AIR INTO THE REGION FOR SATURDAY. MOISTURE RETURNS NORTH DURING THE DAY SUNDAY...BUT GFS IS FASTER IN RETURNING MOISTURE AND RAIN CHANCES THAN THE EURO. HAVE BLENDED SOLUTIONS FOR SUNDAY...WITH BETTER CHANCES SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY...CONTINUING INTO TUESDAY. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... BATESVILLE AR 61 76 61 69 / 30 30 50 50 CAMDEN AR 62 82 65 78 / 20 30 20 30 HARRISON AR 60 73 56 64 / 20 30 60 50 HOT SPRINGS AR 62 78 64 73 / 30 30 30 40 LITTLE ROCK AR 62 79 64 74 / 30 30 40 50 MONTICELLO AR 63 80 66 77 / 30 30 20 30 MOUNT IDA AR 62 77 64 72 / 20 30 40 40 MOUNTAIN HOME AR 60 75 56 64 / 30 40 60 60 NEWPORT AR 62 76 62 69 / 30 30 50 50 PINE BLUFF AR 62 79 65 75 / 30 30 30 40 RUSSELLVILLE AR 61 76 61 70 / 30 30 40 40 SEARCY AR 61 77 63 71 / 30 30 40 50 STUTTGART AR 61 78 64 73 / 30 30 30 40 && .LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && AVIATION...65
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 823 PM CDT TUE MAR 31 2015 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-011000- 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- 823 PM CDT TUE MAR 31 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE...WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE MAIN THREATS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD DISSIPATE BY MIDNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THE CHANCES FOR SOME ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST FOR WEDNESDAY...SOME OF WHICH COULD BECOME STRONG. HOWEVER...WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. A COLD FRONT WILL DROP SOUTHEAST TOWARDS ARKANSAS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS INCREASING ACROSS THE NORTHERN THIRD OF THE STATE. SOME SEVERE STORMS COULD BE SEEN ALONG AND AHEAD OF THIS FRONT LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS THE NORTHWESTERN SECTIONS OF THE AREA. THE MAIN THREATS EXPECTED WITH ANY SEVERE STORM WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THIS FRONT WILL DROP SLOWLY SOUTHEAST THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH MUCH OF FRIDAY...WITH THE CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SPREADING FURTHER SOUTH AND EAST. THE THREAT FOR SOME SEVERE WEATHER WILL ALSO DROP FURTHER SOUTH AND EAST OVER A LARGER PORTION OF THE AREA. THIS FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST OF THE STATE BY FRIDAY NIGHT...WITH COOLER AND DRIER CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO START OFF THE WEEKEND. CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN TO THE FORECAST FOR LATE THIS COMING WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. && VISIT NWS LITTLE ROCK ON THE WEB. GO TO HTTP://WEATHER.GOV AND CLICK ON CENTRAL ARKANSAS. 62/51
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
942 PM CDT TUE MAR 31 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0939 PM HAIL 2 NE MACON 34.94N 92.14W
03/31/2015 M1.25 INCH PULASKI AR NWS EMPLOYEE
&&
224SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
942 PM CDT TUE MAR 31 2015
ARZ025-010315-
JACKSON AR-
942 PM CDT TUE MAR 31 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL JACKSON COUNTY UNTIL 1015
PM CDT...
AT 941 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF NEWPORT...MOVING EAST AT 20
MPH.
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG
WITH FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NEWPORT... TUCKERMAN... GRUBBS...
DIAZ... STEGALL... HALE...
ERWIN... CAMPBELL STATION... BALCH...
AMAGON...
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 3552 9103 3552 9104 3558 9130 3575 9126
3573 9103
TIME...MOT...LOC 0243Z 281DEG 18KT 3565 9117
44PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
952 PM CDT TUE MAR 31 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0936 PM HAIL LITTLE ROCK AFB 34.92N 92.15W
03/31/2015 E1.75 INCH PULASKI AR TRAINED SPOTTER
HAIL FELL NEAR THE BACK GATE OF THE BASE ALONG HWY 107.
&&
224PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
958 PM CDT TUE MAR 31 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0950 PM HAIL 2 W GRUBBS 35.65N 91.11W
03/31/2015 E1.75 INCH JACKSON AR PUBLIC
&&
224SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1008 PM CDT TUE MAR 31 2015
ARZ025-010340-
JACKSON AR-
1008 PM CDT TUE MAR 31 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN JACKSON COUNTY UNTIL
1045 PM CDT...
AT 1007 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF SWIFTON...OR 16 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF HOXIE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG
WITH FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SWIFTON...
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 3573 9104 3581 9119 3585 9122 3588 9122
3589 9121 3589 9103 3588 9102
TIME...MOT...LOC 0308Z 310DEG 18KT 3590 9120
44PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1108 PM CDT TUE MAR 31 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1128 AM HAIL ARGENTA 34.76N 92.27W
03/31/2015 E0.50 INCH PULASKI AR PUBLIC
1128 AM HAIL 1 N DOWNTOWN LITTLE ROC 34.76N 92.28W
03/31/2015 E0.75 INCH PULASKI AR PUBLIC
PEA TO PENNY SIZED HAIL MOVING THROUGH HILLCREST
NEIGHBORHOOD.
1133 AM HAIL LITTLE ROCK AIRPORT 34.73N 92.22W
03/31/2015 M0.25 INCH PULASKI AR OFFICIAL NWS OBS
1150 AM HAIL BLAND 34.68N 92.68W
03/31/2015 E1.00 INCH SALINE AR PUBLIC
1210 PM HAIL AVILLA 34.68N 92.58W
03/31/2015 E1.50 INCH SALINE AR PUBLIC
1223 PM HAIL BRYANT 34.61N 92.49W
03/31/2015 E1.75 INCH SALINE AR PUBLIC
NEAR EXIT 123 OF INTERSTATE 30.
1225 PM HAIL ALEXANDER 34.63N 92.44W
03/31/2015 E1.75 INCH PULASKI AR PUBLIC
1232 PM HAIL BRYANT 34.61N 92.49W
03/31/2015 E2.00 INCH SALINE AR AMATEUR RADIO
HAIL COVERING ROADWAY.
1235 PM HAIL SHANNON HILLS 34.62N 92.40W
03/31/2015 E1.50 INCH SALINE AR PUBLIC
0101 PM HAIL WOODSON 34.53N 92.21W
03/31/2015 E1.75 INCH PULASKI AR AMATEUR RADIO
0103 PM HAIL OTTER CREEK 34.67N 92.43W
03/31/2015 E0.75 INCH PULASKI AR PUBLIC
0110 PM HAIL 4 NE REDFIELD 34.48N 92.13W
03/31/2015 E2.00 INCH JEFFERSON AR AMATEUR RADIO
0135 PM HAIL ALTHEIMER 34.32N 91.85W
03/31/2015 E1.00 INCH JEFFERSON AR COUNTY OFFICIAL
0155 PM HAIL PINE BLUFF ARSENAL 34.33N 92.10W
03/31/2015 E1.00 INCH JEFFERSON AR COUNTY OFFICIAL
0220 PM HAIL 4 NNW REYDELL 34.20N 91.61W
03/31/2015 E2.50 INCH JEFFERSON AR AMATEUR RADIO
0234 PM HAIL YANCOPIN 33.93N 91.22W
03/31/2015 E2.75 INCH DESHA AR PUBLIC
0234 PM FUNNEL CLOUD 7 N GOULD 34.09N 91.56W
03/31/2015 LINCOLN AR TRAINED SPOTTER
0248 PM HAIL 3 S GILLETT 34.08N 91.38W
03/31/2015 E2.75 INCH ARKANSAS AR TRAINED SPOTTER
0250 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 S GILLETT 34.05N 91.38W
03/31/2015 ARKANSAS AR EMERGENCY MNGR
ONE SIDE OF MOBILE HOME WAS OFF.
0255 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 N ARKANSAS POST 34.03N 91.33W
03/31/2015 ARKANSAS AR PUBLIC
A SHED WAS BLOWN ACROSS A FIELD ALONG WITH PIECES OF TIN.
0255 PM HAIL 1 N ARKANSAS POST 34.03N 91.33W
03/31/2015 E1.00 INCH ARKANSAS AR PUBLIC
0257 PM TSTM WND DMG ARKANSAS POST 34.02N 91.33W
03/31/2015 ARKANSAS AR PUBLIC
SHINGLES WERE BLOWN OF ROOFS.
0257 PM HAIL ARKANSAS POST 34.02N 91.33W
03/31/2015 E1.75 INCH ARKANSAS AR PUBLIC
0315 PM TSTM WND GST PENDLETON 33.97N 91.38W
03/31/2015 E70.00 MPH DESHA AR TRAINED SPOTTER
0545 PM HAIL SALEM 36.37N 91.82W
03/31/2015 E0.88 INCH FULTON AR CO-OP OBSERVER
DIME TO NICKEL SIZED HAIL COVERED GROUND.
0650 PM HAIL GUY 35.32N 92.33W
03/31/2015 E1.00 INCH FAULKNER AR PUBLIC
0812 PM HAIL 3 NW TWIN GROVES 35.36N 92.46W
03/31/2015 E1.25 INCH FAULKNER AR PUBLIC
0815 PM HAIL 2 N TWIN GROVES 35.36N 92.42W
03/31/2015 M2.00 INCH FAULKNER AR TRAINED SPOTTER
0835 PM HAIL 3 N GREENBRIER 35.27N 92.38W
03/31/2015 E3.00 INCH FAULKNER AR SOCIAL MEDIA
0855 PM HAIL HOLLAND 35.17N 92.28W
03/31/2015 E2.00 INCH FAULKNER AR PUBLIC
HAIL WAS ESTIMATED TO BE BETWEEN 2 TO 2.25 INCHES.
0916 PM HAIL VILONIA 35.08N 92.21W
03/31/2015 E1.00 INCH FAULKNER AR TRAINED SPOTTER
0936 PM HAIL LITTLE ROCK AFB 34.92N 92.15W
03/31/2015 E1.75 INCH PULASKI AR TRAINED SPOTTER
HAIL FELL NEAR THE BACK GATE OF THE BASE ALONG HWY 107.
0939 PM HAIL 2 NE MACON 34.94N 92.14W
03/31/2015 M1.25 INCH PULASKI AR NWS EMPLOYEE
0950 PM HAIL 2 W GRUBBS 35.65N 91.11W
03/31/2015 E1.75 INCH JACKSON AR PUBLIC
&&
57The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
4 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Continued heavy rainfall kept the Cache River at Patterson above flood stage from February through all of March and April. This river remained above flood stage into May.
Continued heavy rainfall kept the White River at Clarendon above flood stage from March through all of April. This river remained above flood stage into May.
Continued heavy rainfall kept the White River at Augusta above flood stage from March through all of April. This river remained above flood stage into May.
Continued heavy rainfall kept the White River at Georgetown above flood stage from March into April. This river fell back below flood stage during the afternoon hours of the 5th.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Arkansas in 2015Every state in 2015This day in weather historyWarnings in Arkansas, April 2015
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: 587940, 587941, 587942, 587943.