The Saline River at Benton would enter minor flood stage in late January. The river at this site would experience a crest before quickly falling back below flood stage before the month of January ended.
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The Saline River at Benton would enter minor flood stage in late January. The river at this site would experience a crest before quickly falling back below flood stage before the month of January ended.
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 Jan 30, 5:48 PM CST, 4 hours 3 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Little Rock AR 548 PM CST Thu Jan 30 2025 ...New AVIATION... .SHORT TERM... (This evening through Saturday) Issued at 233 PM CST Thu Jan 30 2025 A rather significant precipitation event is still underway, and portions of Arkansas have received widespread 2-4 inch rainfalls, with a heavier band of 4-6 inch values running from SW Arkansas off to the northeast. This is being driven by a surface low driving a warm front northward across the southeastern section of the state, with a trailing cold front pushing eastward. To the west a vigorous upper level low and associated trof was driving eastward. The cold front will sweep thru the state tonight, bringing an end to the heavier precipitation. There could be a bit of wrap-around light precipitation across the northwest. && .LONG TERM... (Saturday Night through next Thursday) Issued at 233 PM CST Thu Jan 30 2025 Zonal flow will be over much of the country to begin the long term period. This continues until Wednesday when an upper low enters the Pacific Northwest and southwest flow returns to the Rockies and Plains. The upper low will move along the Canadian border to the Great Lakes Thursday. Quiet,dry weather will begin the extended forecast with high pressure in control. A cold front enters north Arkansas Tuesday but moves back into Missouri Wednesday. Rain chances will return Wednesday with a good moisture return from the Gulf. I kept the slight chance of thunderstorms in for Wednesday night and Thursday morning in the southern half. Temperatures will be well above normal through the period. && .AVIATION... (00Z TAFS) Issued at 538 PM CST Thu Jan 30 2025 IFR/LIFR conds are expected this evening however conds should improve overnight with VIS and CIGs increasing Cntrl/S. SHRA/TSRA activity will exit the state from W to E this evening. Low CIGs will linger over Nrn sites on Fri, however skies should clear out over Srn half of AR. Winds will become gusty during the afternoon on Fri, gusting from the W/NW between 15-25 kts. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Batesville AR 46 62 40 56 / 40 0 0 0 Camden AR 45 65 38 64 / 40 0 0 0 Harrison AR 43 54 37 59 / 10 0 0 0 Hot Springs AR 44 62 38 61 / 10 0 0 0 Little Rock AR 48 64 40 61 / 30 0 0 0 Monticello AR 51 66 42 63 / 90 0 0 0 Mount Ida AR 42 62 36 64 / 10 0 0 0 Mountain Home AR 43 56 38 57 / 10 0 0 0 Newport AR 48 63 42 56 / 70 0 0 0 Pine Bluff AR 49 65 41 61 / 60 0 0 0 Russellville AR 43 59 36 61 / 10 0 0 0 Searcy AR 47 64 39 58 / 50 0 0 0 Stuttgart AR 50 63 42 59 / 80 0 0 0 && .LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... Flood Watch until 6 PM CST this evening for ARZ004>008-014>017- 024-025-031>033-039-042>044-052>054-103-112-113-121>123-130-137- 138-140-141-203-212-213-221>223-230-237-238-240-241-313-340-341. && SHORT TERM...53 LONG TERM....51 AVIATION...70
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National Weather Service Little Rock AR
353 PM CST Thu Jan 30 2025
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0352 PM Flash Flood 3 SSW Swifton 35.78N 91.14W
01/30/2025 Jackson AR Dept of Highways
Highway 224 closed in both directions due to
high water.
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National Weather Service Little Rock AR
418 PM CST Thu Jan 30 2025
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0739 AM Flash Flood 1 W Anderson 34.92N 94.15W
01/30/2025 Scott AR Public
Highway 80 closed in both directions due to
high water.
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</html>The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The Saline River at Benton entered minor flood stage in late January for a brief period of time. The site would experience a crest on 1/31/2025 at 0730 LST of 20.11 feet. The river at this site would then fall below flood stage before the end of January.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Arkansas in 2025Every state in 2025This day in weather historyWarnings in Arkansas, January 2025
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: 1246646.