Heavy rain brought flooding to Augusta on 4/23/17 and it continued into May.
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.
Heavy rain brought flooding to Augusta on 4/23/17 and it continued into May.
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 Apr 23, 1:49 PM CST, 56 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Little Rock AR 249 PM CDT Sun Apr 23 2017 .DISCUSSION... Main concerns in this forecast cycle are past the short term and mainly mid-week and over the weekend. River levels have come up a bit with the recent rains, and the forecast has possible additional rain Wednesday to Thursday, then again over the weekend. The excess rain will contribute to the possibility of elevated rivers and flooding, as well as some flash flooding dependent on location off convection. Also some risk of strong to severe storms will be possible with the Wednesday to Thursday system, then again over the weekend. Today, the stratus cloud deck quickly thinned dissipated as the cooler and drier air filtered into AR. Only the far southeast had any ceilings left. Afternoon temperatures were cool and mainly in the 60s. Dewpoint temperatures were in the mid 30s to mid 40s. Winds were elevated from the northwest to north at 10 to 20 mph with some higher gusts. && .SHORT TERM...Tonight Through Tuesday Night Clear skies are forecast tonight with below normal lows in the 40s. Dry on Monday as the surface high pressure settles over the region. Light winds becoming south late in the day, with highs in the 70s. Continued dry Monday night and Tuesday, with lows in the 50s, while highs in the 80s. Later Tuesday, the approaching system from the west will start to spread clouds eastward, while a south wind flow will bring back moisture levels to AR, and with precip water values reaching around 1.5 inches over the region. Also there will be some risk of isolated strong to severe storms as the upper lift moves across AR. Current timing would be around mid-day to the evening. Model timing is a bit different, with the Euro slower than the GFS or NAM, and the Euro having the upper low closer to northwest AR, while the others having lifted the upper low well to the north of AR. && .LONG TERM...Wednesday Through Sunday The long term will be active to say the least. Wednesday's cold front still looks to be progressive providing showers and thunderstorm statewide. Severe weather parameters could support strong to severe thunderstorms and will need to be monitored in the coming days. The big change for the long term is the shift in timing for the weekend heavy rainfall event. What looked like a Saturday event has shift to Sunday. There's also been an intro to a shortwave in between (Friday). Either way, we are headed into an active period and Arkansas will be in the track. Flooding and flash flooding will need to be monitored. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Batesville AR 44 74 52 79 / 0 0 0 0 Camden AR 45 78 53 84 / 0 0 0 0 Harrison AR 40 74 52 79 / 0 0 0 0 Hot Springs AR 44 77 53 82 / 0 0 0 0 Little Rock AR 46 77 53 82 / 0 0 0 0 Monticello AR 48 77 53 81 / 0 0 0 0 Mount Ida AR 42 76 53 81 / 0 0 0 0 Mountain Home AR 40 75 51 80 / 0 0 0 0 Newport AR 45 75 51 80 / 0 0 0 0 Pine Bluff AR 47 77 53 82 / 0 0 0 0 Russellville AR 42 77 52 83 / 0 0 0 0 Searcy AR 45 75 51 80 / 0 0 0 0 Stuttgart AR 46 75 53 80 / 0 0 0 0 && .LZK Watches/Warnings/Advisories...NONE. && Short Term...59 / Long Term...61
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Little Rock AR 408 AM CDT Sun Apr 23 2017 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-241000- 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- 408 AM CDT Sun Apr 23 2017 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...Monday Through Saturday Chances for thunderstorms return by the middle of the week as the next storm system moves through the region on Wednesday into Wednesday night. Some strong to severe thunderstorms may be seen. Another storm system will move through the region late in the week into the weekend...with some potential for severe weather also possible. However...some uncertainties do exist this far out for either event...so refer to the latest forecast updates in the coming days as these uncertainties become more clear. .Spotter Information Statement... Spotter activation will not be needed. && Visit NWS Little Rock on the web. Go to http://weather.gov/lzk. 62/44
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flooding was noted on the White River at Augusta after heavy rain fell. The flooding began on 4/23/17.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Arkansas in 2017Every state in 2017This day in weather historyWarnings in Arkansas, April 2017
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: 696200.