Arkansas, 2019

Flooding in Arkansas, November 8 to 13, 2019

November 8 to 13, 2019 · NWS LZK · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

Heavy rain brought flooding to rivers in northeast Arkansas in mid November. 63 inches at Russellville (Pope County).

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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.

Heavy rain brought flooding to rivers in northeast Arkansas in mid November.

In the twenty four hour period ending at 700 pm CST on the 7th, 2.95 inches of liquid fell at Harrison (Boone County), with 2.86 inches at Mountain Home (Baxter County), 2.43 inches at Mount Ida (Montgomery County), 2.34 inches at Flippin (Marion County), 1.76 inches at Searcy (White County), 1.68 inches at Newport (Jackson County), 1.65 inches at Walnut Ridge (Lawrence County), and 1.63 inches at Russellville (Pope County). Meanwhile, only 0.06 inch of rain was received at Monticello (Drew County).

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Event by event

2 flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flood, Lawrence

When
November 8, 12:43 AM CST to November 9, 9:35 PM CST
Where
Lawrence County, 0.55 mi NNE of Black Rock to 0.62 mi WSW of Black Rock
Cause
Heavy Rain
Reported by
River/Stream Gage
Coordinates
36.107, -91.096

Heavy rain brought flooding to the Black River at Black Rock in mid November.

Flood, Woodruff

When
November 9, 4:41 AM CST to November 13, 3:11 PM CST
Where
Woodruff County, 2.55 mi WNW of Augusta to 1.18 mi W of Ruffwood
Cause
Heavy Rain
Reported by
River/Stream Gage
Coordinates
35.295, -91.411

Heavy rain brought flooding to the White River at Augusta.

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.

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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: 866281, 866518.