Flash Flood — Benton, Arkansas

2025-07-17 to 2025-07-18 · near Osage Mills, Benton, Arkansas

Event narrative

Portions of multiple roads were flooded and closed in and around Cave Springs.

Wider weather episode

Thunderstorms developed across northwestern Arkansas during the late evening of the 17th and early morning of the 18th, as a low level jet strengthened across the area, forcing warm, moist and unstable air over a stationary frontal boundary that stretched through the region. Slow-moving thunderstorms that moved repeatedly over the same areas resulted in locally heavy rainfall and some flash flooding.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1280848. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.