Arkansas, 2019Flooding in Arkansas, January 1 to 31, 2019
January 1 to 31, 2019 · NWS LZK · 7 events in 5 counties and zones
There was an active Subtropical Jet (river of air over the southern United States) to begin January. A storm system was set to bring increasing moisture and a large batch of rain on the 2nd and 3rd.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 7
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.
There was an active Subtropical Jet (river of air over the southern United States) to begin January. A storm system was set to bring increasing moisture and a large batch of rain on the 2nd and 3rd. This brought some rivers into flood and other rivers continued in flood from December.
Flood, Yell
- When
- January 1, 12:00 AM CST to January 2, 4:00 AM CST
- Where
- Yell County, 1.18 mi NW of Danville to 0.93 mi WNW of Danville
- Cause
- Heavy Rain
- Reported by
- River/Stream Gage
- Coordinates
- 35.062, -93.395
Flooding was noted on the Petit Jean River at Danville.
Flood, Ouachita
- When
- January 1, 12:00 AM CST to January 13, 10:20 AM CST
- Where
- Ouachita County, 1.2 mi NNW of Camden to 1.31 mi NE of Collendale
- Cause
- Heavy Rain
- Reported by
- River/Stream Gage
- Coordinates
- 33.596, -92.837
Flooding was noted on the Ouachita River at Camden 1/1 to 1/13.
Flood, Woodruff
- When
- January 3, 6:45 PM CST to January 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Woodruff County, 2.95 mi WNW of Augusta to 1.17 mi W of Ruffwood
- Cause
- Heavy Rain
- Reported by
- River/Stream Gage
- Coordinates
- 35.294, -91.419
Flooding was noted on the White River at Augusta 1/3 to 1/31.
Flood, Yell
- When
- January 4, 7:22 AM CST to January 6, 9:15 AM CST
- Where
- Yell County, 1.15 mi NW of Danville to 0.88 mi WNW of Danville
- Cause
- Heavy Rain
- Reported by
- River/Stream Gage
- Coordinates
- 35.062, -93.394
Flooding was noted on the Petit Jean River at Danville from the 4th through the 6th.
Flood, Clark
- When
- January 4, 11:42 AM CST to 8:53 PM CST
- Where
- Clark County, 1.25 mi NE of Arkadelphia to 2 mi E of Arkadelphia Muni Arp
- Cause
- Heavy Rain
- Reported by
- River/Stream Gage
- Coordinates
- 34.131, -93.052
Flooding was noted on the Ouachita River at Arkadelpha on 1/4.
Flood, Woodruff
- When
- January 4, 5:30 PM CST to January 12, 10:00 AM CST
- Where
- Woodruff County, 0.84 mi WSW of Riverside to 0.2 mi NNE of Cavell
- Cause
- Heavy Rain
- Reported by
- River/Stream Gage
- Coordinates
- 35.277, -91.244
Flooding was noted on the Cache River at Patterson 1/4 to 1/12.
Flood, Perry
- When
- January 5, 12:20 AM CST to January 6, 2:15 PM CST
- Where
- Perry County, 2.13 mi WSW of Houston to 1.46 mi SW of Houston
- Cause
- Heavy Rain
- Reported by
- River/Stream Gage
- Coordinates
- 35.019, -92.735
Flooding was noted on the Fourche LaFave River at Houston 1/5 to 1/6.
- 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.
- Heavy Snow in New Mexico, January 1 to 2, 20191 death · 66 injured · $500,000 · 26 events
- Frost and Freeze and Cold in California, January 1, 20192 deaths · 5 events
- Winter Weather in Illinois, January 1 to 2, 20191 death · 1 event
- Winter Weather in Missouri, January 1, 20191 death · $10,000 · 1 event
- High Wind in New York, January 1, 2019$200,000 · 58 kt wind · 17 events
- Dense Fog in Texas, January 1, 20196 injured · 1 event
- High Wind and Strong Wind in New York, January 1, 2019$23,000 · 53 kt wind · 27 events
- Winter Storm in Arizona, January 1 to 2, 2019$50,000 · 10 events
- Strong Wind in Ohio, January 1, 2019$56,000 · 5 events
- High Wind and Strong Wind in Massachusetts, January 1, 2019$38,000 · 50 kt wind · 8 events
- Strong Wind in Pennsylvania, January 1, 2019$35,000 · 3 events
- Extreme Cold in Minnesota, January 1, 201924 events
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 803595, 803607, 803619, 803599, 803609, 803616, 803614.