Flash Flooding and Hail in Arkansas, March 30 to 31, 2016

Name: Flash Flooding and Hail in Arkansas, March 30 to 31, 2016
Start: 2016-03-30T12:03
End: 2016-03-31T14:33
Location: Arkansas

March 30 to 31, 2016 · NWS LZK · 20 events in 9 counties and zones

Some large hail was reported on March 31, but the main show was the heavy rain and flash flooding March 30-31.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.

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Wind
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Winter weather
Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $50,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 20

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.

Some large hail was reported on March 31, but the main show was the heavy rain and flash flooding March 30-31.

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 Mar 30, 11:47 AM CST, 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 30, 11:47 AM CST, 16 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1245 PM CDT WED MAR 2016

.AVIATION...

CLOUDS AND CONVECTION WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON. VFR
AND MVFR CEILINGS WILL MAINLY BE SEEN...BUT IFR CONDITIONS WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITH HEAVIER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. A STORM SYSTEM WILL
GRADUALLY MOVE INTO AND THROUGH AR OVER THE NEXT 24 TO 36 HOURS. VFR
AND MVFR CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT...WITH AREAS OF IFR WITH
RAIN AND STORMS. THE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH AR ON THURSDAY.
WINDS WILL BE SE TO SW AT 10 TO 20 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS...THEN BEHIND
THE FRONT SWITCH TO THE SW TO W...THEN W TO NW AT 10 TO 20 MPH.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1010 AM CDT WED MAR 10 2016

OVERALL FORECAST ON TRACK. DID DO MORNING UPDATE TO LOWER POPS IN
CENTRAL AND EASTERN AR BASED ON LATEST TRENDS...AND LIKELY OVER THE
WEST. DID ADD HEAVY RAIN MENTION AND ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS THIS
AFTERNOON TO EVENING DUE TO EXPECTED FORECAST. SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING OVER EASTERN OK TO NW AR AT THIS
TIME...DUE TO LOW LEVEL JET AND UPPER SHORT WAVE ENERGY MOVING INTO
THE AREA. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE CONTINUES TO INCREASE ACROSS AR WITH
DEW POINT TEMPS FROM THE LOWER 60S IN SW AR...WHILE THE 50S CENTRAL
TO 40S IN THE EAST. CURRENT CONVECTION WILL BE JUST ELEVATED IN
SPOTS BEFORE TAPPING THE ENTIRE ATMOSPHERE AS THE DAY CONTINUES.
SEVERE THREAT REMAINS OVER ALL OF AR...ESPECIALLY WEST AND SOUTHERN
AREAS. HAIL...WIND AND ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE. SPC DAY
ONE HAS ENHANCED AND SLIGHT RISK OVER ALL OF AR. OTHERWISE WILL
CONTINUE TO MONITOR TRENDS. MOST OF THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED LATER
TODAY...THIS EVENING AND INTO THE OVERNIGHT. HEAVY RAIN ALSO
CONTINUES TO BE THREAT DUE TO 24 PLUS PERIOD OF CONVECTION. (59)

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 319 AM CDT WED MAR 30 2016/

SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT

THE MAJORITY OF THE SHORT TERM MODELS CONTINUE TO ADVERTISE A RATHER
COMPLICATED SYSTEM COMING IN TODAY AND TONIGHT WITH HEAVY RAIN AND
SEVERE WEATHER A DISTINCT POSSIBILITY. THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE
STATE APPEARS TO BE UNDER THE GUN FROM THIS SYSTEM BUT THE HEAVY
RAIN AND SEVERE THREAT REMAINS ELSEWHERE. NAM MODEL WILL BE THROWN
OUT FOR THIS FORECAST AS IT REMAINS MUCH SLOWER AND FURTHER SOUTH
THAN THE REMAINDER OF THE MODELS WITH A GFS/ECMWF BLEND PREFERRED.

LATEST MOISTURE CHANNEL IMAGERY THIS MORNING SHOWS A DEEP H5 TROUGH
AND ASSOCIATED CLOSED UPPER LOW OVER THE GREAT BASIN. MODELS ALL
CONTINUE TO SHOW THIS FEATURE OPENING UP INTO AN OPEN WAVE FEATURE
AND MOVING TO THE EAST AND INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS LATE THURSDAY.

MEANWHILE...LEE SIDE CYCLOGENESIS ALREADY OCCURRING OVER THE EASTERN
COLORADO PLAINS WITH SURFACE LOW FORECAST TO TRACK OFF TO THE
NORTHEAST AND EVENTUALLY DRAG A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE AREA SOMETIME
THURSDAY AFTERNOON. LATEST SURFACE ANALYSIS ALSO REVEALS ANOTHER
BOUNDARY CURRENTLY OVER THE ARKLATEX AND STRETCHING INTO THE
NORTHERN GULF. THIS FRONT WILL LIFT TO THE NORTH PUTTING THE
SOUTHERN PART OF THE STATE INTO THE WARM SECTOR LATER TODAY.

IMPRESSIVE PWAT PLUME IN EXCESS OF 1.75 INCHES OVERSPREADS SOUTHERN
AND EASTERN ARKANSAS AS STRENGTHENING SOUTHERLY FLOW AND DIFFLUENCE
ALOFT DEVELOPS. SHORTWAVE KICKING OUT OF THE AFOREMENTIONED UPPER LOW
WILL BE THE KICKER FOR WIDESPREAD RAIN DEVELOPING LATER THIS MORNING
OVER THE WEST AND SPREADING EASTWARD. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IN EXCESS
OF THREE INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT WITH THE HIGHEST
AMOUNTS POSSIBLE OVER THE SOUTH. CURRENT LOCATION AND TIMING OF THE
FLASH FLOOD WATCH LOOKS GOOD AND WILL BE LEFT IN TACT FOR NOW.

A GENERAL ONE TO THREE INCH RAINFALL IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE STATE
WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE...MAINLY OVER CENTRAL AND
ESPECIALLY THE SOUTH. BIGGEST WORRY OVER THE SOUTH WOULD BE ANY TYPE
OF TRAINING OF THUNDERSTORMS RESULTING IN UPWARDS OF 5 INCHES OR
MORE.

CONCERNING SEVERE WEATHER...IT LOOKS LIKE ANY CONVECTION EARLY IN
THE EVENT WILL BE ELEVATED. HOWEVER DYNAMICS LOOK FAVORABLE FOR
STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE STORMS OVER THE SOUTH IN THE PREVIOUSLY
MENTIONED WARM SECTOR. THE BEST CHANCES FOR SEEING SEVERE WEATHER
APPEAR TO BE IN THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS OVER THE SOUTH WHERE
AN ENHANCED RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER NOW EXISTS.

ACTUAL COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN ARKANSAS AROUND DAY BREAK
THURSDAY AND REACH THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER BY THE END OF THE DAY.
PRECIPITATION CHANCES WILL CONTINUE UNTIL THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH
AND WILL DECREASE IN ITS WAKE.

LONG TERM...FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

COMPARED TO WHAT IS EXPECTED IN THE SHORT TERM...BENIGN WX IS IN
STORE FOR THE FA THROUGH THE UPCOMING WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT
WEEK.

WEAK RDG OF HIGH PRES IS PROGGED TO BLD INTO THE REGION EARLY ON
FRI...FOLLOWED BY A WEAK SRN STREAM UPR LVL IMPULSE FCST TO PASS
ACRS SERN AR LATE FRI AND FRI NGT. UNLIKE MOST OF THE DRIER MODEL
SOLUTIONS...THE NAM IS THE OUTLIER INDCG SOME QPF WITH THIS FEATURE.
FOR NOW...OPTED TO KEEP A DRY FCST IN PLACE AND SEE HOW LATER MODEL
RUNS HANDLE THINGS.

THE UPR FLOW PATTERN TURNS MORE NWLY DURG THE LATTER HALF OF THE PD.
A NEW CDFNT WL DROP SWD THRU AR SAT NGT AND EARLY SUN...WITH JUST A
WIND SHIFT EXPECTED. YET ANOTHER FNTL BNDRY IS PROGGED TO DROP SEWD
THRU THE STATE LATE MON AND MON NGT...WITH RAIN CHCS CONFINED TO
AREAS TO THE NE OF THE FA. AFTER A BRIEF WARM-UP MON...TEMPS WL
RETURN CLOSER TO SEASONAL NORMS BY TUE.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
BATESVILLE AR     69  58  72  44 /  90  90  30  10
CAMDEN AR         74  62  77  48 /  90  90  50  10
HARRISON AR       70  53  66  40 /  70  60  10   0
HOT SPRINGS AR    70  59  74  45 /  90  90  30  10
LITTLE ROCK   AR  73  61  75  48 /  90  90  40  10
MONTICELLO AR     75  63  78  51 /  90 100  70  30
MOUNT IDA AR      70  58  72  43 /  90  80  20   0
MOUNTAIN HOME AR  70  55  68  41 /  80  80  10   0
NEWPORT AR        70  59  74  45 /  90 100  30  10
PINE BLUFF AR     73  62  77  49 /  90 100  50  20
RUSSELLVILLE AR   70  58  70  42 /  90  80  20   0
SEARCY AR         71  60  74  45 /  90  90  30  10
STUTTGART AR      72  60  76  47 /  90 100  50  20
&&

.LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING FOR ARKANSAS-BRADLEY-
CALHOUN-CLARK-CLEVELAND-DALLAS-DESHA-DREW-GRANT-HOT SPRING-
JEFFERSON-LINCOLN-MONROE-OUACHITA-PIKE.

&&

AVIATION...59

Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 30, 4:00 AM CST, 8 hours 3 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
500 AM CDT WED MAR 30 2016

ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-311015-
BOONE-MARION-BAXTER-FULTON-SHARP-NEWTON-SEARCY-STONE-IZARD-
INDEPENDENCE-JOHNSON-POPE-VAN BUREN-CLEBURNE-JACKSON-LOGAN-CONWAY-
FAULKNER-WHITE-WOODRUFF-SCOTT-YELL-PERRY-POLK-MONTGOMERY-GARLAND-
SALINE-PULASKI-LONOKE-PRAIRIE-MONROE-PIKE-CLARK-HOT SPRING-GRANT-
JEFFERSON-ARKANSAS-DALLAS-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-DESHA-OUACHITA-CALHOUN-
BRADLEY-DREW-
500 AM CDT WED MAR 30 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION TODAY AND TONIGHT
BRINGING WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE STATE.
PRECIPITATION WILL DEVELOP OVER WESTERN AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS THIS
MORNING AND OVERSPREAD THE STATE BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT BEFORE PRECIPITATION
MOVES EAST OF THE STATE THURSDAY MORNING.

WIDESPREAD RAIN AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH
THIS SYSTEM WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS OVER THE SOUTH. SLOW MOVING
THUNDERSTORMS COULD DROP HEAVY RAIN IN THIS AREA AND LOCALIZED FIVE
INCH RAIN AMOUNTS CAN NOT BE RULED OUT. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN
EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT FOR SOUTHERN ARKANSAS.

IN ADDITION TO THE POSSIBILITY OF HEAVY RAIN...STRONG TO SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE. WHILE ANY PART OF THE STATE COULD
SEE SEVERE WEATHER...ONCE AGAIN THE SOUTH APPEARS TO HAVE THE BEST
CHANCE OF SEEING THE STRONGEST STORMS. ALL OF ARKANSAS IS IN A
SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER BUT AREAS SOUTH OF A MENA TO HOT
SPRINGS TO STUTTGART LINE WILL SEE AN ENHANCED THREAT OF SEVERE
WEATHER.

LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS AND
A TORNADO RISK ALSO EXISTS. WHILE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE
ANYWHERE ACROSS THE STATE TODAY...THE STRONGEST STORMS ARE EXPECTED
THIS EVENING AND DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS IN THE ENHANCED RISK
AREA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

NO SEVERE WEATHER CONCERNS EXIST IN THIS PERIOD.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT.

&&

VISIT NWS LITTLE ROCK ON THE WEB. GO TO HTTP://WEATHER.GOV AND
CLICK ON CENTRAL ARKANSAS.

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 30, 10:27 AM CST, 1 hour 36 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1127 AM CDT WED MAR 30 2016

ARZ021-030-301715-
JOHNSON AR-LOGAN AR-
1127 AM CDT WED MAR 30 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN JOHNSON AND WESTERN
LOGAN COUNTIES UNTIL 1215 PM CDT...

AT 1127 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
OVER BOONEVILLE...MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BOONEVILLE...          PARIS...               MAGAZINE...
HARTMAN...             RATCLIFF...            COAL HILL...
CAULKSVILLE...         CHISMVILLE...          ROSEVILLE...
CARBON CITY...         CAROLAN...             DRIGGS...

LAT...LON 3523 9397 3523 9392 3532 9391 3531 9381
      3542 9380 3536 9375 3538 9371 3545 9371
      3542 9359 3507 9384 3509 9399
TIME...MOT...LOC 1627Z 200DEG 33KT 3516 9389

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Special weather statement, Mar 30, 10:36 AM CST, 1 hour 27 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1136 AM CDT WED MAR 30 2016

ARZ013-014-023-024-301715-
SEARCY AR-VAN BUREN AR-STONE AR-CLEBURNE AR-
1136 AM CDT WED MAR 30 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN VAN BUREN...EAST CENTRAL
SEARCY...NORTHWESTERN CLEBURNE AND SOUTHWESTERN STONE COUNTIES UNTIL
1215 PM CDT...

AT 1136 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
OVER CHOCTAW...OR NEAR CLINTON...MOVING NORTH AT 45 MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MOUNTAIN VIEW...       CLINTON...             FAIRFIELD BAY...
SHIRLEY...             OLD LEXINGTON...       ELBA...
FAIRFIELD BAY MARINA...
CHOCTAW...             HERPEL...
THOLA...               SUGAR LOAF RECREATIO...
BEE BRANCH...
ALCO...                PARMA...               RUSHING...
OXLEY...               CHOCTOW RECREATION A...
NEWNATA...
BREWER...              TIMBO...

LAT...LON 3591 9199 3542 9237 3547 9252 3598 9246
TIME...MOT...LOC 1636Z 202DEG 40KT 3553 9243

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Special weather statement, Mar 30, 11:10 AM CST, 53 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1210 PM CDT WED MAR 30 2016

ARZ062-066-301800-
OUACHITA AR-DALLAS AR-
1210 PM CDT WED MAR 30 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN DALLAS AND
NORTHEASTERN OUACHITA COUNTIES UNTIL 100 PM CDT...

AT 1210 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES
WEST OF BEARDEN...OR 12 MILES NORTH OF CAMDEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35
MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BEARDEN...             AMY...                 RAMSEY...
HOLLY SPRINGS...       PRINCETON...           PINE GROVE...
MILLVILLE...           EAGLE MILLS...         HARMONY GROVE...

LAT...LON 3362 9274 3368 9287 3405 9275 3392 9242
      3380 9255 3380 9258 3376 9259 3365 9271
      3364 9273 3363 9273
TIME...MOT...LOC 1710Z 205DEG 32KT 3374 9277

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Special weather statement, Mar 30, 11:27 AM CST, 36 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1227 PM CDT WED MAR 30 2016

ARZ043>045-301815-
SALINE AR-PULASKI AR-LONOKE AR-
1227 PM CDT WED MAR 30 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN PULASKI...WEST CENTRAL
LONOKE AND EAST CENTRAL SALINE COUNTIES UNTIL 115 PM CDT...

AT 1227 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
OVER EAST END...OR 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SOUTHWEST LITTLE ROCK...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LITTLE ROCK...         NORTH LITTLE ROCK...   SHERWOOD...
JACKSONVILLE...        DOWNTOWN LITTLE ROCK...
NORTH LITTLE ROCK AI...
LITTLE ROCK AFB...     WRIGHTSVILLE...        ARGENTA...
SWEET HOME...          ESTES...               SOUTH BEND...
LAKEWOOD...            MCALMONT...            EAST END...
STATE FAIRGROUNDS...   SCOTT...               IRONTON...
OLMSTEAD...            METO...

LAT...LON 3449 9223 3450 9238 3450 9239 3493 9225
      3493 9223 3502 9222 3476 9195
TIME...MOT...LOC 1727Z 206DEG 35KT 3455 9229

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Special weather statement, Mar 30, 11:35 AM CST, 28 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1235 PM CDT WED MAR 30 2016

ARZ042-053-054-301815-
HOT SPRING AR-CLARK AR-GARLAND AR-
1235 PM CDT WED MAR 30 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTH CENTRAL CLARK...SOUTH
CENTRAL GARLAND AND CENTRAL HOT SPRING COUNTIES UNTIL 115 PM CDT...

AT 1235 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
OVER DEGRAY LAKE STATE PARK...OR 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF ARKADELPHIA...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HOT SPRINGS...         MALVERN...             ROCKPORT...
CADDO VALLEY...        HOT SPRINGS MEMORIAL...
DEGRAY LAKE STATE PA...
ROCKWELL...            PINEY IN GARLAND COU...
HOT SPRINGS NATIONAL...
BISMARCK...            RED OAK...             SOCIAL HILL...
LOWER LAKE RECREATIO...
LAKE CATHERINE STATE...
DE ROCHE...
OAKLAWN RACETRACK...

LAT...LON 3413 9315 3419 9324 3451 9312 3439 9279
TIME...MOT...LOC 1735Z 213DEG 25KT 3425 9314

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Special weather statement, Mar 30, 11:42 AM CST, 21 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1242 PM CDT WED MAR 30 2016

ARZ043-044-301830-
SALINE AR-PULASKI AR-
1242 PM CDT WED MAR 30 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL PULASKI AND SOUTHEASTERN
SALINE COUNTIES UNTIL 130 PM CDT...

AT 1242 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
OVER BRYANT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LITTLE ROCK...         NORTH LITTLE ROCK...   BENTON...
WEST LITTLE ROCK...    MAUMELLE...            BRYANT...
DOWNTOWN LITTLE ROCK...
SOUTHWEST LITTLE ROC...
SHANNON HILLS...
WRIGHTSVILLE...        ARGENTA...             SWEET HOME...
LAKEWOOD...            OTTER CREEK...         GEYER SPRINGS...
CHENAL VALLEY...       STATE FAIRGROUNDS...   IRONTON...
LEVY...                PINNACLE MOUNTAIN ST...

LAT...LON 3446 9244 3453 9258 3490 9250 3488 9246
      3486 9247 3485 9246 3488 9245 3475 9208
      3474 9208
TIME...MOT...LOC 1742Z 210DEG 35KT 3457 9246

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The radar

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Event by event

15 flash flood, 5 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Saline

When: March 30, 12:03 PM CST
Where: Saline County, 0.89 mi SW of Hot Springs Village
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 34.660, -92.980

Public reported hail near Hot Springs Village.

Flash Flood, Pulaski

When: March 30, 1:40 PM CST to 4:30 PM CST
Where: Pulaski County, 1.38 mi S of Cammack Vlg to 1.27 mi E of Halstead
Cause: Heavy Rain
Reported by: Social Media
Coordinates: 34.750, -92.350

Flash flooding was reported for many low lying and poor draining urban areas across the city of Little Rock.

Flash Flood, Pulaski

When: March 30, 1:42 PM CST to 4:30 PM CST
Where: Pulaski County, 0.89 mi NE of Levy to 1.24 mi NE of Levy
Cause: Heavy Rain
Reported by: NWS Employee
Coordinates: 34.810, -92.260

Flash flooding of several residential streets was reported between state highways 176 and 107 north of North Little Rock.

Flash Flood, Pulaski

When: March 30, 2:37 PM CST to 4:30 PM CST
Where: Pulaski County, 0.57 mi E of Little Rock to 0.44 mi N of Douglasville
Cause: Heavy Rain
Reported by: Amateur Radio
Coordinates: 34.730, -92.270

Flash flooding was reported at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock campus. Coleman Creek which runs through the campus, overflowed its banks. Water was flowing over the 28th Street bridge.

Flash Flood, Pulaski

When: March 30, 2:40 PM CST to 4:30 PM CST
Where: Pulaski County, 0.57 mi E of Little Rock to 1.15 mi NNE of Little Rock
Cause: Heavy Rain
Reported by: Broadcast Media
Coordinates: 34.730, -92.270

Flash flooding was reported at the intersection of Van Buren and Markham Streets.

Flash Flood, Faulkner

When: March 30, 4:42 PM CST to 7:30 PM CST
Where: Faulkner County, 0.89 mi NW of Conway Muni Arpt to 1.05 mi NNW of Conway Muni Arpt
Cause: Heavy Rain
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 35.090, -92.430

Approximately 6 to 8 inches of water was reportedly flowing over the intersection of 1st Ave. and Oak St. in Conway.

Flash Flood, Independence

When: March 30, 4:50 PM CST to 7:30 PM CST
Where: Independence County, 0.56 mi E of Batesville to 1.14 mi ESE of Batesville
Cause: Heavy Rain
Reported by: Law Enforcement
Coordinates: 35.770, -91.640

Cars became stalled due to high water over the roads in Batesville.

Flash Flood, Pulaski

When: March 30, 5:15 PM CST to 7:15 PM CST
Where: Pulaski County, 0.57 mi E of Little Rock to 1.3 mi SSW of Pulaski
Cause: Heavy Rain
Reported by: Social Media
Coordinates: 34.730, -92.270

Flash flooding was reported in War Memorial Park.

Flash Flood, Pulaski

When: March 30, 5:30 PM CST to 7:30 PM CST
Where: Pulaski County, Sherwood to 1.06 mi E of Sherwood
Cause: Heavy Rain
Reported by: Social Media
Coordinates: 34.820, -92.220

Flash flooding was reported at Kiehl Ave. and Brockington Rd.

Flash Flood, White

When: March 30, 6:30 PM CST to 11:30 PM CST
Where: White County, 0.56 mi E of Searcy to 0.42 mi NW of Searcy Muni Arpt
Cause: Heavy Rain
Reported by: Emergency Manager
Coordinates: 35.250, -91.740

Significant flooding was reported. Numerous streets were closed and creek levels were higher than they have been in several years.

Flash Flood, Pulaski

When: March 30, 6:30 PM CST to 8:15 PM CST
Where: Pulaski County, 1.32 mi SSE of (Ork)no Little Rock Arpt to 1.38 mi SSE of (Ork)no Little Rock Arpt
Cause: Heavy Rain
Property damage: $50,000
Reported by: Law Enforcement
Coordinates: 34.811, -92.245

Highwater crossing JFK boulevard, north of Kierre Avenue, caused a partial roadway collapse.

Flash Flood, White

When: March 30, 6:45 PM CST to 10:30 PM CST
Where: White County, 0.56 mi W of Judsonia to 1.16 mi SW of Judsonia
Cause: Heavy Rain
Reported by: Law Enforcement
Coordinates: 35.280, -91.640

Severe street flooding was reported with numerous roads closed.

Flash Flood, Lonoke

When: March 30, 6:45 PM CST to 8:45 PM CST
Where: Lonoke County, 2.19 mi ENE of Ward to 1.15 mi ESE of Ward
Cause: Heavy Rain
Reported by: Law Enforcement
Coordinates: 35.039, -91.933

Street flooding was reported in Ward due to heavy rain.

Flash Flood, Lonoke

When: March 30, 6:45 PM CST to 8:45 PM CST
Where: Lonoke County, 2.19 mi ENE of Ward to 1.15 mi ESE of Ward
Cause: Heavy Rain
Reported by: Law Enforcement
Coordinates: 35.039, -91.933

Street flooding was reported in Ward due to heavy rain.

Flash Flood, Lonoke

When: March 30, 7:00 PM CST to March 31, 1:30 AM CST
Where: Lonoke County, 1.59 mi SW of Jabb to 2.11 mi NW of England Flying Svc A
Cause: Heavy Rain
Reported by: Law Enforcement
Coordinates: 34.554, -91.940

Local law enforcement reported numerous roads in England were closed and barricaded due to high water.

Flash Flood, Lonoke

When: March 30, 7:10 PM CST to 10:30 PM CST
Where: Lonoke County, Cabot to 0.95 mi S of Cabot
Cause: Heavy Rain
Reported by: Other Federal Agency
Coordinates: 34.970, -92.020

Street flooding was reported in neighborhoods around the Mt. Tabor area of Cabot.

Hail, Perry

When: March 31, 7:42 AM CST
Where: Perry County, 0.69 mi N of Perryville
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: Broadcast Media
Coordinates: 35.010, -92.800

Quarter sized hail in Perryville.

Hail, Lonoke

When: March 31, 10:00 AM CST
Where: Lonoke County, Cabot
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: River/Stream Gage
Coordinates: 34.970, -92.020

Quarter sized hail in Cabot.

Hail, Prairie

When: March 31, 2:10 PM CST
Where: Prairie County, 0.57 mi E of Ulm
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: Post Office
Coordinates: 34.580, -91.460

Hail, Monroe

When: March 31, 2:33 PM CST
Where: Monroe County, Holly Grove
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: Law Enforcement
Coordinates: 34.600, -91.200

Hail fell ranging in size from marbles to quarters.

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
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 2016 Every state in 2016 This day in weather history Warnings in Arkansas, March 2016

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: 625359, 625364, 625365, 625366, 625367, 625436, 625437, 625438, 625439, 625442, 626652, 625441, 626653, 626654, 625443, 625440, 625360, 625361, 625363, 625362.